About Jurgen
I help international B2B companies enter, validate and grow across France and the Benelux by combining business development, go-to-market execution, commercial strategy, lead generation, sales funnel design, strategic partnerships and new channel development.
Senior trilingual FR/NL/EN consultant with 20+ years of experience in business development, key account management, export, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, fundraising and transition management. Former founder & CEO of an innovative circular economy start-up, I managed up to 19 FTE, generated multi-million-euro business traction and built complex commercial and partnership ecosystems.
I support startups, SMEs, scale-ups, consulting firms and international companies with market validation, partner identification, key account opening, offer structuring, qualified opportunity generation, business planning and commercial ecosystem building.
Remote-first. Available for freelance, interim or contract missions, with occasional on-site presence in Belgium, France, the Benelux and Europe when needed.
J’aide les entreprises internationales B2B à entrer, tester et développer les marchés France-Benelux grâce au business development, au go-to-market, à la stratégie commerciale, à la génération de leads, aux partenariats stratégiques et à l’ouverture de nouveaux canaux.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Fluent
German
Basic
Can work on-site
Brussels (up to 50km)
Experience
- Winergies ConsultingSenior Business Developer & Innovation / Sustainability ConsultantApril 2014 - Today (12 years and 2 months)Louvain-la-Neuve, BW, Belgium• Senior business development missions, in-house or freelance: go-to-market strategy, prospecting, opening and managing national and international key accounts.• Feasibility consulting and development of innovative and sustainable projects, from start-ups to large corporations.• Circular ecosystem modeling, systemic local economy design and support for waste as a product - technology - food - energy transition projects.• Business model analysis & design, strategic partnerships, R&D, growth, financing and fundraising.
- Vion Food Group NLInternational Key Account Manager & Export Business DeveloperSeptember 2022 - November 2024 (2 years and 2 months)Belgium• Business development for Benelux & France across meat and plant-based meat alternative business units within a group active in 49 countries.• Management and development of retail and food service markets (Carrefour, Delhaize, etc.) across 17 countries, in coordination with a 4-person team.• Direct hunting from Belgium into the French and Belgian markets: opening major accounts from scratch.• Revenue developed: several million euros; cross-border field operations across NL, BE, DE and FR.
- La Révolution Champignon SAS (formerly Pleurette SAS)SME President & Innovation / CSR / Commercial DirectorFebruary 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 10 months)Lille, France• General & Board management of a circular agri-foodtech SME: 19 FTE management, fundraising, R&D and business development.• Annual revenue > EUR 1M; 2019 growth: 25%; 2020 growth: 20%; private fundraising: EUR 2.5M + EUR 500k public funding.• Led Innovation (4 FTE), CSR & Supply (3 FTE), Sales & Partnerships (5 FTE).• Drove the strategic pivot toward bioTech / buildTech / healthTech; managed European consortia (H2020 / BBI JU).
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Education
- Business Transition Manager — SustainabilityRennes School of Business2021Business Transition Manager — Sustainability
- NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Practitioner, Certified Coach & Master NLPHorizons 3.4.7.2018NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Practitioner, Certified Coach & Master NLP
Certifications
- Innovation Project ManagementInnovatech2014
- Blue Economy Expert CertificationUniversity of Pécs Business School (ZERI / Gunter Pauli)2014