John Terwilliger Email & Phone Number

Apeldoorn, GE, NL

Netherlands

Specialist assignments in insolvency management, asset recovery, structuring business activities, simplifying business processes. I focus on small & medium-sized companies, and have extensive generalist experience in wholesale, retail, manufacturing and services in various sectors. Past assignments include:- support bankruptcy trustee/creditors by.

Netherlands

Co-founder of alumni club network of leading North American universities.Currently responsible for Education Fairs (annual Amsterdam MBA Fair).Initiated U.S. undergraduate fair in The Netherlands (College Night) in 2012, handed over to Fulbright Center/EducationUSA in 2020.Previous board role as Treasurer (2006-2016).

Netherlands

Set up Penn Club of The Netherlands in 2006 for Netherlands-based alumni of University of Pennsylvania.Merged with local Wharton Club in 2012, together representing 200+ alumni in The Netherlands.Co-organized Wharton Global Forum in Amsterdam in 2016.

Hill-Rom is a leading provider of medical technologies to the health care industry.As Finance & Operations Director for France/Germany/Benelux (Jan 2008-Dec 2009), I was responsible with local sales & services directors for annual revenue $142 million, expenses $21 million, operating income $38 million. Managed 52 staff (8 direct reports) in 3 countries..

Short term assignments covering operations, finance & liquidity/risk management. Assignments include:- benchmarked market-based allocation of annual expenses €35 million for a publicly-listed media group- planned funding & risk management requirements for a Dutch bank to set up a US mortgage securitisation business model in Europe- professionalised.

Specialty coffee pioneer in the Netherlands, I set up and operated one of the first "Seattle-style" coffee houses (specialty F&B/retail store). Intention was a small chain but I was 10 years too early. Relocated after first year to larger premises (150 seats / 450m2 / 6 staff) before eventually selling the business.

Directly responsible for $2 billion balance sheet, operating profits $24 million (+104%), operating expenses $5 million. Managed 20 traders & sales professionals (5 direct reports). Arranged US$ 200 million external funding, introduced two ‘benchmark’ debt instruments, including the first local currency bond issued by a foreign party (awarded "Asiamoney.

Integrated front & back office operations of HSBC Treasury, Wardley Capital Markets and CM&M Futures in Hong Kong. Delivered Southeast Asia’s largest dealing room (250 workstations), on-time (8 months) and within budget (US$ 7 million).

Consolidated/reorganised back-office support to 60 traders & sales professionals. Annual operating expenses US$3 million. Managed 55 staff (5 direct reports).

Various local and head office general management assignments in Asia.

Bs, Economics

Multinational Enterprise

Ba, Dutch Studies