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Charlie's Travels is an off the beaten track Dutch Travel Agency based in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. Our Mission is to change people's perspective of Africa by offering a different way of traveling: Africa, the Other Story. Most media and traditional travel agencies paint a one-sided picture of Africa. We and our partners are telling a different story and we aim to let our travellers experience a different side of Africa. Away from mass tourism, built together with communities… Show more Charlie's Travels is an off the beaten track Dutch Travel Agency based in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. Our Mission is to change people's perspective of Africa by offering a different way of traveling: Africa, the Other Story. Most media and traditional travel agencies paint a one-sided picture of Africa. We and our partners are telling a different story and we aim to let our travellers experience a different side of Africa. Away from mass tourism, built together with communities, responsible, compensating our emissions, focused on interaction, nature and culture!- End responsible- Grown company from <10 FTE to >30 FTE, from <1 mln EUR revenue to >4mln Revenue- From Startup to Scale up and now a professional travel organisation- Set up and implemented sustainability strategy Show less

Xclusive Cuttings is a Dutch-Ugandan flower cuttings organisation based in Uganda. Xclusive grows a wide range of crops and varieties of several breeders, with a focus on sustainable innovations and a responsible approach to population, environment and nature. I was financially end responsible for all 3 Ugandan entities with over 700 FTE

Helped Setting up new E-commerce venture in Mozambique.

ADC is the 3rd largest company in Mozambique. It is a FMCG trading and retail company with total revenues of USD 600 mln and 1,100 employees.ADC was founded in October 2013 by Africom (www.africom.co.mz) and Delta (www.delta.co.mz), both conglomerates in Mozambique, when they merged their trading activities. Rice and sugar trading is the company’s core business, but next to that its portfolio contains amongst others: tyres, telecommunication, candies, pasta, frozen chicken and fish… Show more ADC is the 3rd largest company in Mozambique. It is a FMCG trading and retail company with total revenues of USD 600 mln and 1,100 employees.ADC was founded in October 2013 by Africom (www.africom.co.mz) and Delta (www.delta.co.mz), both conglomerates in Mozambique, when they merged their trading activities. Rice and sugar trading is the company’s core business, but next to that its portfolio contains amongst others: tyres, telecommunication, candies, pasta, frozen chicken and fish. Additional to that the company operates in retail with the Extra Cash & Carry and Extra Supermarkets.Main tasks and responsibilities:- Lead Retail Controlling South Region Team and management of financial department RetailMasters Supermarkets- Improve our understanding of our retail and wholesale business performance by developing and implementing new management reports and analyses- Setting up of an effective controlling environment by improving business processes and structures within finance department- Involved in implementing new ERP system Show less

FrieslandCampina exports its products to over 100 countries. In my role I worked with multidisciplinary country teams in order to grow our export business. I worked on development and implementation of our growth strategy in USA, Morocco, Australia and Angola. My responsibilities included market research, value chain analysis, Route to Market strategy, product and brand assortment strategy and development of business cases.

FrieslandCampina identified several key regions in Africa in which it wants to expand its business. Our team's goal was to explore these opportunities and develop a strategy to grow our business. My main responsibilities included market, competitor and value chain analysis, Route To Market strategy and business case calculation. Next to that I worked on product and brand assortment strategy and M&A.

Two year program:Year 1: Financial analyst at Business Group Cheese, Butter & Milkpowder - Sales Controlling CheeseI was responsible for customer margin analysis, market research, month-end Closing activities, budgetting and forecasting process, project portfolio managementYear 2: Analyst at Business Development Africa team

4 month internship at Rabobank International Mergers & Acquisitions department, sector Food & Agri. I was involved in many projects covering the M&A process: financial analysis, information memorandum, market analysis, valuation