About John
English
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German
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Dutch
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French
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Experience
- Interim ManagementC- & Director Level Integration, Operations & Transformation MandatesAugust 1997 - Today (28 years and 10 months)Europe✔ COO, Ops Director, Quality Director & Crisis Management / Turnaround mandates with clients up to 10 bio turnover, deep 3-figure personnel and 8- figure P&L responsibility. Repeatedly selected by CEOs of billion $ companies to step-in and lead the transformation of their most challenging areas. Select clients include: www.delaval.com, www.vivawest.de, www.tof.de ✔ Consulting mandates focused on (Digital) Transformations, Operational Excellence, Strategy Execution, end-to-end performance boosting, Product Management and heavy-duty "activist" Program Management. Select clients include: www.ista.com, www.essent.com, www.t-mobile.de, www.option.com, www.euroports.com, www.2wglobal.com, www.colruytgroup.com ✔ > 25 clients across B-2-B and B-2-C industries, and with a clear focus today on international growth scenarios with highly dynamic scale-ups and SMEs (Mittelstand / KMO) in the service-sector, retail and high-tech industries on both sides of the Atlantic
- International Coaching FederationMentor & Coach ➽ Boards, Founders, LeadersMay 2006 - Today (20 years and 1 month)✔ Focus on start- / scale-up venture founders, leaders of tech SMEs >5 mio turnover, as well as boards & executives of established SMEs (Mittelstand / KMO) <1.5 bio turnover wanting aligned teams, accelerated change and healthy organizations ✔ Mentor scope covers strategy & proposition (product & service) roadmap development, operational excellence, governance and overall venture professionalization ✔ Coaching scope covers improving servant leadership, communication and engagement skills
- Business AngelAdvisory Board & Business AngelJanuary 2013 - Today (13 years and 5 months)United States✔ Focus on Logistics, Health & Wellness and FoodTech start- & scale-ups. Currently on Advisory Board of a Last-Mile Logistics & Non-Executive Director (NED) for a Vertical Farming start-up. Previously NED for a SmartGrid SaaS scale-up and Fitness App start-up ✔ Regular sparring partner and sounding board for related founders, executives and their teams ✔ Seed / early-stage investments in 2 ventures
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Education
- Management Buy-in / Buy-Out ProgrammeVlerick Leuven-Gent Management school2013Management Buy-in / Buy-Out Programme
- Entrepreneurial Development ProgrammeMassachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management2008Entrepreneurial Development Programme