Spacetolive is a real estate development company that proactively engages in transformation, (re-) development and realization of (mainly residential) real estate. STL has a solid track record on the Dutch market. With the latest (large-scale) projects, both apartment buildings and land-based houses (single-family houses, semi-detached and detached houses) have been realized. Please have a look at our website for the latest project developments. www.Spacetolive.nl

Investment Management (IM) with results. Privately owned company by Hugo Valk.Investment areas: Real Estate and ITAdvisor for start-ups and scale-ups

Sunlife Products Pty Ltd produces and markets Surf Life Saving sunscreen products. Our SPF50+ sunscreen products are made and sun tested in Australia. These products are the ultimate "protection beyond the flags" and "the lifeguards for your skin". The sunscreen range is widely available in Australia at supermarkets and pharmacies.

Dayes (formerly known as Nedac Sorbo) is a large non-food specialist in the Benelux and UK, delivering over 10,000 different products to supermarkets, department stores, fashion retail and DIY retail. As Managing Director, responsible for the end results of Dayes and a member of the Management Team of Smartwares Home Essentials.

As Commercial Director, responsible for Sales (Food retail & out-of-home), Field Sales and Merchandising (120 FTE), Marketing, Category Management and Strategic Buying.

Tommy Teleshopping is a Direct Response Television company, which offers consumer products via infomercials. My primary tasks were: general management, re-structuring callcenter, professionalize fulfilment process, development multi channel strategy and acquisition of profitable media windows.

In the Netherlands I was responsible for all sales activities and account management in food retail and out-of-home wholesale for the division Confectionery & Ice Cream. As Sales Group Manager I lead a team of 12 professional Key Account Managers and was jointly responsible for the development of the division strategy.

Essel Sports is privately owned by Søren Lerby (famous Danish soccer player) and is a full-service organization for 100 athletes in Soccer, Hockey and Golf. Essel Marketing arranges sports-oriented marketing activities such as: exploitation of athletes’ image rights, concept development and event organization.

• TopPak is a leading full-service fulfilment company in the Netherlands and has five core activities: data services, warehousing, order picking and packaging, transportation services and returns handling. TopPak has 40 (international) clients in various lines of business: mail ordering (Readers Digest and Time Life), e-commerce (Nespresso), publishing, charity (WWF) and finance (ING). TopPak was a privately owned company, which had € 12M TO in 2009 and 125 FTE. • As CEO, responsible for… Show more • TopPak is a leading full-service fulfilment company in the Netherlands and has five core activities: data services, warehousing, order picking and packaging, transportation services and returns handling. TopPak has 40 (international) clients in various lines of business: mail ordering (Readers Digest and Time Life), e-commerce (Nespresso), publishing, charity (WWF) and finance (ING). TopPak was a privately owned company, which had € 12M TO in 2009 and 125 FTE. • As CEO, responsible for TopPak’s total business result. My primary tasks were: development commercial strategy, acquisition of new business, coordination of purchasing, management of relations with strategical partners, facility management, chairman of meetings with workers council and head of the Management Team.• TopPak was acquired by Post NL in February 2010. Post NL is the national post company of The Netherlands. Show less

• Campina is one of the world’s leading dairy company. Campina DDS was a separate business unit with a € 85M TO in 1998. • Within this business unit, I was responsible for account management of all Dutch supermarket organizations and jointly responsible for the development of the commercial strategy. • Job characteristics included intensive long-term client relationships and intensive negotiation processes. As sales manager I led a team of 5 enthusiastic account managers

Account management for food retail organizations like TSN (C1000/Plus), Superunie and Albert Heijn.

• As Area Manager, responsible for a € 1M Net Sales target in my dedicated area, which had to be realized by the development and execution of sales plans. • Job characteristics included “hard selling”, pioneering, short sales cycles and high targets in a highly competitive market.