Experience

New Crown Service Partners

• Belgium
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Co-owner managing sales, HR and finance. Co-owner managing sales, HR and finance.



Elberton TPM BVBA

• Business Consulting and Services

• Owner

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Sales and project management consultancy Specialized in Sub Saharan African markets Trading, distributing and marketing green technology products for the industry. Sales and project management consultancy Specialized in Sub Saharan African markets Trading, distributing and marketing green technology products for the industry.



Clayton of Belgium NV

• Belgium
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Export Sales Manager Africa

  • Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  Clayton of Belgium NV designs, builds, sells, and services steam generators/boilers. It offers water tube boilers; generators and fluid heaters; and waste heat and exhaust gas boilers for the marine, co-generation, and industrial furnace markets. The company also supplies boiler feedwater treatment chemicals. Clayton markets its products through branches, distributors and agents. The company serves aerospace, animal feed, automotive, beverage, brewery, chemical, dairy, food processing, hospitals, hotels, marine and offshore, paper/corrugating, petroleum production, pharmaceutical, power generation plants, rubber, steel, tobacco, wire and cable, general manufacturing, and oil and gas industries. Clayton of Belgium NV, which is also the EMEA Headquarter, was founded in 1961 and is based in Bornem, Belgium. I am in charge of managing, growing and developing the business in Africa, as well in direct sales as by building up a professional and efficient distributor and agency network on the continent. Show less



Crown-Baele

• Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  Through its long time experience in Africa and with a fast growing market in the African bottling industry, Crown-Baele has founded Crown-Baele Africa Ltd. as its first overseas office to support our African customers from close by. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crown-Baele and is located in Accra, Ghana.Crown-Baele Africa represents our activities on the African continent, and aims to provide mainly services and maintenance support to our customers in Ghana and surrounding West African countries, With the first signed SLA's, and the first hired local service engineers, Crown-Baele Africa is on it's way to set it's marks in the area.The shareholders and directors of Crown-Baele appointed me as one of the two directors as i had elaborated the business plan and done the whole preparation, research and incorporation process. Parallel to my job as sales manager of Crown-Baele, based in Londerzeel, I am intensely involved in the management and development of the company. On daily basis, our Area Manager West Africa, based in Accra, is running our office. Show less

• Sales Manager

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

  Crown-Baele is an OEM and a service provider in the bottling industry with over a century of experience.Business activities : Machinery - Projects - Services on Bottling equipmentMain markets : Africa - Europe - South East AsiaMain customers : Major breweries and beverage manufacturers (soft drinks and mineral water)By upgrading and improving existing equipment and bringing it to current standards regarding performances, but also on water and energy consumptions, Crown-Baele is filling a void in the bottling equipment market, which is highly appreciated by our customers. The focus is on improving efficiency, not only on the hardware, but also by training and supporting local staff, helping them to achieve higher standards.Scope of tasks :- sales and marketing management- key account management- business development in the regions Africa, SEA and Europe- technical/sales visits to our customers and prospects in our markets- draft, propose and implement maintenance and improvement projects on our customers site- hunter for new opportunities- member of the management teamDuring the last few years, I have built up a broad network within the brewery and beverage industry mainly in Africa but also in South East Asia, which has led to a number of success stories. I gained an expertise in selling and handling projects for improvement, refurbishment and maintenance of bottling lines in 'difficult'​ countries, working in parallel with the corporate offices as well as directly with the local staff. I believe the key to success is understanding the local ways of working, keeping in mind the demands of the customers, respecting the differences, and motivating the people to gain pride of a 'job well done'.Travelling half of my time throughout Africa, being present at the customer and on the production floor, gave me a good insight on the market, and on what lives in the African bottling and brewing industry, what is needed, and how to provide it. Show less



dormakaba

• Switzerland
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Division Manager Automatic

  • Nov 1999 - Jan 2011

  Scope of tasks : management of the division with PL responsibility – establishment and achievement of salesgoals together with country manager – Key Account management – contact and reporting to head-office in Germany – recruiting Automatics market : Mainly the construction and renovation market, from little businesses around the corner up to the biggest projects in the country, such as the European Commission, the larger hospitals, etc.. . 80% direct sales in those projects, 20% through an extended network of wholesellers. Show less