door fotograaf Arneda Omen

Education:                            

HARVARD: Executive education

INSEAD: Advanced Management Programme

BA at the Haarlem Business School

Present employer:  LOGO International

Present positition: CEO of WE Fashion                             http://www.wefashion.com/

('07-..)                                   

Responsibility: Long term strategy, overall P&L and balance sheet of WE Fashion (Smart, Business and Casual Men's, Women's and Kids wear). Full company responsibility, consisting of approx. 250 stores, approx € 500 Mio of net sales, positive ebit and RONA. Present in six countries in Europe, full vertical fashion retail (all design and sourcing in house)

CEO of Etos, Royal Ahold N.V.                                                      http://www.etos.com/

('06-‘07)                               

Responsibility: Long term strategy and overall budgeted P&L and balance sheet of the Etos Group (Drug Stores, Health & Beauty Private label Centre, Etos Int.). Full company responsibility, consisting of 460 stores, approx € 500 Mio of sales, positive ebit and RONA contribution to the Ahold group.

CEO of Gall & Gall, Royal Ahold N.V.                                    http://www.gall_gall.com/

('05-06')                               

Responsibility: Long term strategy and overall budgeted P&L and balance sheet of Gall & Gall. Full company responsibility, consisting of 510 stores, approx € 400 Mio of sales, positive ebit and RONA contribution to the Ahold group.

Vice President Strategy & Finance, Royal Ahold N.V.                www.ahold.com

(‘03-‘05)                               

Report to the CFO of Royal Ahold. Responsibility: Support the CEO and the CFO to design and execute Ahold's recovery strategy.

Regional Director Albert Heijn B.V. The Netherlands

(‘03-‘99)                               

Responsibility: Sales (€ 1.000 Mio) and bottom-line (P&L) responsibility for the ‘City' Region (95 stores, 11.250 staff in Amsterdam & Den Haag) of AH.

Royal Ahold, TOPS Asia Pacific ltd

Director Buying & Merchandising TOPS, Singapore

(‘95-'99)

Responsibility: Sales (S$ 200 Mio.) and gross margin for TOPS in Singapore. Responsible for strategy, marketing, advertising, product development, buying, merchandising and logistics.

Royal Ahold, Albert Heijn B.V.

Category manager Albert Heijn, The Netherlands

(‘91-'95)

Responsibility: Policy, buying and merchandising, sales (€ 90 Mio.) and total chain contribution (GP) for the category of meat & fish preserve, fresh and packed fish.

Royal Dutch Navy

Navy Officer

(‘90-'91)

After training (6 months) stationed at the Orion Navy Base. Responsible for the material cost analysis and the capacity planning for personnel and equipment.

Harrods Ltd. UK

Marketing assistant

(‘88-'88) 

Responsibility: After training (store mobile) was assigned to the Marketing Department.

Major achievements:

Marketing plan to focus on extending the Private Label opportunities of Harrods: identify line extensions of Harrods private label and Harrods-store concepts in airports and department stores.

Special interests:                          

Board Member of  VGT. Official industry organisation of  Dutch Fashion retailers. Founder and (ex) chairman of the foundation of Small Business graduates of the Haarlem Business School.

Other: Running, Hockey, Scuba Diving, Golf, Tennis, Squash, Paragliding, Surfing and Sailing

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