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2005 - present AHLERS LOGISTIC AND MARITIME SERVICES
Managing Director
See www.ahlers.com
2002 - 2004 ic. ANTWERPSE WATERWERKEN n.v.
CEO
See: http://www.aww.be/
2000 - 2001 Vandeputte International, Vandeputte Group
Managing Director
One of the biggest European companies in Personnel Protection. Vandeputte offers the right selection of products and services to create a safe environment.
See: www.vandeputteinternational.com
1996 - 1999 Ter Beke (Fresh Food Group)
Group General Manager of Operations
On the takeover of several companies, the mission was to integrate these companies and implement a master plan to improveproductivity and in the longer term, to decrease the number of factories.
As General Manager reorganised Les Nutons, Marche-en-Famenne.
1995 1996 DAF Trucks Vlaanderen
General Director
The mission was to make the company less dependant on the mother-company and from the cyclical truck market. Quality had to be particularly improved to the service level of DAF Eindhoven. A very important issue was Human Resources, a difficult relationship with the unions and a lack of motivation by the employees.
1990 - 1995 General Biscuits, Belgium - Group
Danone
Industrial Director
Integrate the company into the parent group Danone and to improve total productivity to become more competitive on international markets.
1989 - 1990 IGLO-OLA (Unilever)
Logistic Director
Buying, planning, distribution and co-packing
1983 1988 Group Danone (ex-BSN)
1988 Alken-Maes
Industrial Director
Merging of Alken-Kronenbourg and Maes Breweries.
1987-1988 Alken-Kronenbourg
Industrial Director
Responsible for operations in the board of the group.
1985-1986 Alken-Kronenbourg in Alken
Plant manager
Reorganisation and integration within the Group.
Improvement in productivity.
1983-1985 Alken-Kronenbourg in Zulte
Plant manager
Integration of the company into the BSN Group
Implementation of a Master Plan
1976 1982 Artois Breweries, Bottling Centre,
Zwijnaarde
Plant manager
1971 1975 Brasseries Bralima, Kinshasa
1974 1975 Production engineer and production manager
1971 1973 Technical Director
Until the Zairanisation at the end of 1975
1970 1971 Heineken Breweries, Rotterdam,
Amsterdam,
Bayreuth, Den Bosch.
Training
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Xaverius College (sj) Antwerp
1970 Catholic University Louvain
Chemical Engineer, great distinction
Catholic University Louvain
Engineer Breweries Thesis: Biochemical study of Flocculation, great distinction
1976 1979 Vlerick School for Management
(University of Ghent) MBA
1986 1988 Insead Fontainebleau, Cedep
International Management Program (MBA)
Other courses:
Financial management (Prof. Ooghe)
Activity Based Costing
Total Quality
Business Process Reengineering
Balanced Score Cards
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