I have spent thirty years making buildings, services and supplier contracts work for the people who depend on them — in logistics, banking, market infrastructure, manufacturing, FMCG, telecoms and testing & certification.
Profile
Since 2004 I have worked as an independent professional, taking on interim management roles, project leadership and consultancy assignments. Before that I built and led corporate facility and office services departments, most substantially at DHL’s Global Coordination Centre and later as Head of Group Facilities & Central Services at Euroclear.
How I work
Start with the numbers
Every assignment begins with understanding what is actually being spent and on what. Detailed financial analysis has repeatedly surfaced savings that were invisible in the reporting that existed before.
Fix the process, not just the symptom
Reporting tools, clear statements of work and honest supplier relationships outlast any single manager. I aim to leave a department that works better than the one I found.
Bring the team along
Interim work is temporary; the team is not. Mentoring office and facility staff, and coaching a successor into the role, is part of the job rather than an extra.
Sectors and organisations
Randstad, Aliaxis, Siemens Real Estate, Danone, Vinçotte, Actiris, Lhoist, Sodexo, Euroclear, Belgacom/Proximus, British American Tobacco and DHL.
Languages
- French — mother tongue
- English — fluent
- Dutch — fluent
Based in Brussels, working across Belgium and internationally.