Haven Ventures is the holding company of a number of subsidiaries and majority shareholdings. Qubiz is a well-established provider of IT software development services. With nearly 400 employees, Qubiz provides software design, web development, end-to-end IT services, mobile and app development and cloud migration services to renowned clients in Europe and the UK. Founded in 2008, Qubiz is based in Oradea and Cluj, Romania.ChainCargo, a leading logistics and software company and… Show more Haven Ventures is the holding company of a number of subsidiaries and majority shareholdings. Qubiz is a well-established provider of IT software development services. With nearly 400 employees, Qubiz provides software design, web development, end-to-end IT services, mobile and app development and cloud migration services to renowned clients in Europe and the UK. Founded in 2008, Qubiz is based in Oradea and Cluj, Romania.ChainCargo, a leading logistics and software company and digital road freight forwarder. ChainCargo provides state-of-the-art solutions to better utilize current transportation capacity and create transparency within the logistics space between shippers and carriers. A start-up with over 90 employees, based in Eindhoven, Chicago & Barcelona GMC (now called NMC) has grown from a local company from Usora (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to a world leader (more than 300 employees) in the construction of large industrial warehouses. Active on six continents with worldwide customers including Lidl, Walmart, Ikea, Barilla, Coca-Cola, Amazon who have chosen storage systems and associated mechanisms assembled and installed by GMC. WICS provides tooling for logistics processes and active in the SME market. Based in Gorinchem with approximately 20 employees. Show less

Experienced finance professional available on parttime or project basis for professionalization of information provision and management for small and midsized organizations. Result-driven and collaborative with strong capabilities linking operations and strategy.

Small growing business in the sun cream protection market (B2B). Ambition: growth Dutch market share and international expansion, which requires additional capital funding.

Director of Finance & Procurement and program director Fontys Finance Future Proof, direct management: 5 employees. Fontys consists of 27 (higher) education institutes +/- 47.000 students located in 12 cities in the South of the Netherlands (HQ: Eindhoven). Revenue: 500 mln.€/ employees: 5700.Achievements:• Modernization of the financial information provision (including accounting, project administration, budget). Steering of 3-year program from initiation to successful… Show more Director of Finance & Procurement and program director Fontys Finance Future Proof, direct management: 5 employees. Fontys consists of 27 (higher) education institutes +/- 47.000 students located in 12 cities in the South of the Netherlands (HQ: Eindhoven). Revenue: 500 mln.€/ employees: 5700.Achievements:• Modernization of the financial information provision (including accounting, project administration, budget). Steering of 3-year program from initiation to successful implementation (go live per 1/1/2022). Partly as a result of this, increase of dynamics and efficiency (at least 15%) of financial organization. • Increased customer and employee satisfaction by 20%. Show less

Zadkine: Regional Education Centre (mainly vocational): 17.000 students on 12 locations in the Rijnmond area. Director Finance & Procurement (reporting to Executive Board) direct management: 12 employees.Achievements:• Substantial cost savings (2+ million €).• Improvement of the budget (both content and process).• Implementation of (10) strategic KPIs.

Sanoma Learning: in 2011 consisted of 14 subsidiaries located in a.o: NL,BE, FI, SE, UK, FR, RU, PL & HU. Activities: educational publishers, production and services companies. After a strategic review educational publishing has become the core focus area. Under my supervision activities has been restructured, divested and acquired. Resulting in 5 educational publishers in Europe, a joint venture in China and a subsidiary in Poland. Last mentioned is a provider (worldwide) of tailor-made… Show more Sanoma Learning: in 2011 consisted of 14 subsidiaries located in a.o: NL,BE, FI, SE, UK, FR, RU, PL & HU. Activities: educational publishers, production and services companies. After a strategic review educational publishing has become the core focus area. Under my supervision activities has been restructured, divested and acquired. Resulting in 5 educational publishers in Europe, a joint venture in China and a subsidiary in Poland. Last mentioned is a provider (worldwide) of tailor-made digital educational solutions built around content and delivery platforms. Revenue: 300 million €/employees: 1700.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: 12 employees.Responsible for Finance, subsequently extended with Procurement & ICT Shared Service Centre.Achievements with regard to finance• Harmonisation & enhanced transparency & predictability of the performance• Acquisitions/divestments of companies (incl. integration/disentanglement) managed.• Setting up a management information system (incl. Balance Scorecard). • Over 15% reduction of working capital in 5 countries. • Efficiency improvements. Costs reduction: 25%. Show less

Multimedia magazine publisher of general magazines, Publisher of niche magazines (via separate operational entity) and interests in TV- production houses (i.e. Woestijnvis). Revenue 240 million € /employees: 650.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: 6 employees.Responsible for Finance, ICT, Facilities & Traffic Management. Subsequently extended with Legal, Supply Chain Management, PMO, Single copies steering (optimizing sales) &… Show more Multimedia magazine publisher of general magazines, Publisher of niche magazines (via separate operational entity) and interests in TV- production houses (i.e. Woestijnvis). Revenue 240 million € /employees: 650.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: 6 employees.Responsible for Finance, ICT, Facilities & Traffic Management. Subsequently extended with Legal, Supply Chain Management, PMO, Single copies steering (optimizing sales) & Procurement.Achievements with regard to finance• Reorganization/optimization resulting in more than 50% costs savings in finance.• Improvement of services & quality resulting in an increase (+35%) of customer satisfaction. • Substantial improvement of transparency and predictability of the performance. Show less

Publisher of regional newspapers/weeklies, TV broadcaster and Printer (incl. external customers i.e. NRC). Revenue 400 million €/employees: 1050.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management:5 employees.Achievements• Successful integration with the new shareholder Wegener.• Split up of the organization into 4 separate/independent operating units.

Educational Publisher (including logistic centre). Revenue 60 million €/employees: 280.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: 4 employees.Responsible: Finance and Facilities Malmberg & division Educatief: Malmberg (NL) & Van In (BE).Achievements• Transformation from reactive to proactive of the finance function incl. setting up management information• Divestments of business activities

Publisher of magazines, books, retail and production of patterns. Mentioned activities were restructured/ divested under my supervision. Revenue 18 million €/employees:125.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: Responsible finance &ICTAchievements with regard to finance• Implementation of the accounting to western principles incl. education of local finance staff• Creation of timely & relevant management information and substantial improvement of… Show more Publisher of magazines, books, retail and production of patterns. Mentioned activities were restructured/ divested under my supervision. Revenue 18 million €/employees:125.Chief Financial Officer (reporting to CEO) direct management: Responsible finance &ICTAchievements with regard to finance• Implementation of the accounting to western principles incl. education of local finance staff• Creation of timely & relevant management information and substantial improvement of predictability• Restructuring (incl. divestment) of business activities Show less

A division consisting of several professional magazines publishers in Europe. Revenue 500 million €.Financial controller (reporting to finance director).Achievements: • Setting up a new management information system (Italy).• Liquidation of activities (France).