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Ken Gutscoven

Managing Director / Transformation Director

€1,000/day
Brussel, BE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ken

Als voormalig Managing Director in IT-consultancy (KLANIK) en met transformatie-ervaring bij Black Tiger en Ingenico, heb ik teams in binnen- en buitenland geleid en bedrijven geholpen om van operationele chaos naar schaalbare structuur en winstgevendheid te evolueren.

Mijn specialisaties:
✅ Operationele transformatie en schaalbaarheid
✅ Management en team alignment
✅ Investor readiness en waardegroei
✅ M&A integratie en exitvoorbereiding

Momenteel werk ik aan een playbook voor waardecreatie in KMO’s binnen mijn Executive MBA aan Vlerick, waarmee ik founders en investeerders help om praktische, resultaatgerichte stappen te zetten richting waardecreatie zonder enkel te steunen op financiële engineering.

Mijn doel: bedrijven hands-on begeleiden om groei te versnellen, structuren te professionaliseren en echte waardegroei te realiseren richting een succesvolle toekomst.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Brussel (up to 50km)

Experience

  • KLANIK
    Managing Director Europe
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    April 2022 - Today (4 years and 2 months)
    Brussel, Belgium
    Leading operations & implementing strategic growth plans across Belgium, Switzerland, and Northern France, overseeing and managing a teamof 80 professionals. Stabilized and reorganized the Belgium business unit, enhancing operational efficiency through process optimization and improving profit margins. Launched and scaled the Geneva office from inception and, successfully established a new market presence with high profit margins. Grew the Northern France office by 300%, driving significant teamexpansion and operational success. Recruited and developed performing teams. Reported directly to the CEO, part of the DIRCOteam. P&L responsibility over all 3 countries
    Revenue Operations Cross-functional Team Leadership Business Operations Operations Management International Business
  • Black Tiger Group (ex-Bisnode)
    Group VP International Sales
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    April 2021 - June 2022 (1 year and 2 months)
    Warschau, Poland
    Drove the commercial transformation from data broking activities to a Platform sales activities. This comprised organizational changes, stakeholder management and aligning all departments (Marketing, Sales, Product, Legal). Launched and scaled the Polish service agency, staffing it with talent to service our major accounts. In charge of the launch of our adherent consultancy services In charge of Business Development, Account Management & Inside Sales, reorganizing and restructuring teams following the company's acquisition to ensure smooth integration, team excellence and alignment with new business goals. Implemented new performance metrics for sales & service teams, aligning themwith newcompany positioning. Collaboration with Product, Operations, Legal & Sales to develop and customize country-specific processes, ensuring alignment with local market demands. Recruitment & coaching Played a key role in developing the newvalue proposition and had individual contribution in selling the new data platform & adherent services.
    Business Transformation Business Operations Operations Management Post-Merger Integration Go-to-Market
  • Ingenico Group
    Head of Sales SMB Belgium
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    April 2017 - April 2021 (4 years)
    Brussel, Belgium
    In charge of the post-merger commercial integration of BSPayOne & Bambora offering after acquisition. Aligning commercial and service processes between BS Payone service teams and Ingenico teams to create one performing sales & service team. Managing Direct, Indirect Sales, Operations and Customer Success team (20 FTE) Salesforce implementation + coaching teams on it. Aligning CRMuse with the current ERP tooling Redesigned performance metrics for sales & operational teams, aligning themwith (new) company strategy Operational management and coaching of sales & service staff Set-up of an Indirect Sales Department Commercializing new product offering "Ingenico ONE" on the BeNeLux market in collaboration with Legal & Product Team Responsible for overall product offering going from payment terminals to ecommerce solutions. Result: 30%sales growth
    Post-Merger Integration Operations Management Leadership Channel Management Go-to-Market

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Education

  • Executive MBA
    VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2026
    Executive MBA
  • Master of Organizational Psychology
    VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT
    2012
    Master of Organizational Psychology

Certifications

  • Master of Psychology
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    2012
  • Executive MBA
    Vlerick Business School

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