Willem (Wim) Plaizier Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam

FRES (Foundation Rural Energy Services) enables households and small companies in Africa access to safe, healthy and affordable electricity from solar energy. The availability of electricity has a positive influence on the lives of people in rural areas and contributes to fighting poverty and improving living conditions. At this moment, FRES is managing five companies in Africa, namely in Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Uganda and South Africa. FRES Netherlands delivers the necessary expertise and investments to start the local companies, let them grow and eventually become fully independent. More information on FRES is available via www.fres.nl

Amsterdam Area

Amsterdam Area

Zambia

Zambia

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Amsterdam / Johannesburg

Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Johannesburg, South Africa

Selective client engagements include:- The development of a sustainable small holder farming model for agricultural development in Africa- Development of an Energy and Carbon Management strategy for a global precious metals mining company - Port merger integration engagements in Metals, Chemicals and Paper industries- Value chain restructuring and cost to serve optimization in Chemicals, Paper, Metals and Mining- Strategy articulation and divestiture support in Animal Feed- A large number of Procurement Transformation engagements across many industries - Production / Manufacturing optimization in Metals, Refining, Paper and Mining.

Amsterdam

Leader of numerous Operational Excellence projects with many clients in asset intensive industries.

Amsterdam Area

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Cappella Amsterdam is a professional chamber choir that was founded in 1970, performing in local (The Netherlands) as well as international productions.

Breukelen, The Netherlands

Executive training program developed by Nyenrode Business Universiteit and A.T. Kearney, aiming at the development of a new (and younger) group of non-executive directors and better board dynamics between the executive and non-executive in The Netherlands.

Sungai Penuh, Sumatra, Indonesia

Cassia Co-op is an Indonesian startup company that focusses on the sustainable harvesting, processing and trading of cassia / cinnamon directly from the farmers to the end users, without involvement of intermediate traders and middlemen.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Fevertree is a South African consulting company, at that time majority owned by the Shanduka Group of South African businessman and politician Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Hague, Assen And Hoogezand, The Netherlands

Following a one year training program within the Contracting and Procurement function, I have been responsible within NAM (Shell’s Dutch EP unit) for contracting and procurement activities in a number capital investment projects. Furthermore I have worked in the The Hague based head office on system development for the Contracting and Procurement function. From 1994 onwards I was responsible for the Procurement activities of the large Grijpskerk PS/UGS capital investment project in NAM.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Executive Master Consulting And Coaching For Change (Emccc), Organizational Behavior Studies, Master

Umfelozi Trails, Tromso, Toubkal & Mt Kenya Reunion Trails (Leadership Training)

Expanding Horizons - In-House A.T. Kearney Partner Development Program

New Board Program (Executive Course), Corporate Governance

Executive Program In Corporate Strategy (Executive Course)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Navigation, Graduated As “Best Of Class 1983”