Responsible for leading the Marine Asset Integrity Global Business Line in Fugro, with key focus on transforming the business towards remote and autonomous solutions. Based in Leidschendam, The Netherlands, my responsibilities included:

• Developing mid to long term vision and strategy for the Marine Asset Integrity business, encompasing the service lines of construction support, positioning, IRM, satellite positioning and monitoring, across all Fugro markets, with strategic focus on robotic and remote innovative solutions such as uncrewed vessels
• Managing the Global Business Line leadership team of solution directors and experts, aimed at developing strategic pillars in line with the overarching global strategy of transforming marine operations to remote & autonomous
• Setting up of Net Zero Marine Operations program, underpinning Fugro’s path to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2035
• Setting up of transformational remote operations program, aimed at driving the change needed to allow vessel-based activities to be performed from onshore remote operation centres
• Management of global investment portfolio for significant and strategic investments, focused on growing uncrewed vessel fleet, investing in critical net zero technologies
• Management of innovation portfolio through development and prioritization of innovation roadmaps
• Management of global ROV asset pool
• Key highlight is the pioneering development of a market leading USV fleet, leading to the world’s first fully remote inspection of an offshore wind farm using a USV

• Director of Seakit, an award-winning UK innovation start-up designing and building Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs)
• Director of COFG, a joint venture in marine navigation and ROVs
• Council member & mentor for International Management Trainee program
• Board member of Woman@Fugro employee network group
• Guest speaker at various internal and external conferences such as Seawork, GAIA/KIVI, YoungFugro, Fugro leadership training courses
• Round Table participation for global improvement campaigns such as diversity, training, global career framework, ERP

Board Director of Sea-Kit, UK-based award-winning uncrewed surface vessel (USV) designer & builder:

• Responsible for governance, supervision and key decision-making.
• Acting on behalf of key shareholders, defining the strategic vision, and evaluating financial outcomes

Responsible for profit & loss, for commercial and operations for the Marine Asset Integrity business line in the area of operation. My role contained these key aspects:

• Setting out regional strategy in line with global strategic pillars for Marine Asset Integrity, including service lines of construction support, positioning, IRM and monitoring, and communicating this across stakeholder groups
• Managing Regional Business Line leadership team with service line managers and technical experts
• Implementing growth of marine service portfolio to include IRM, ROVs and UXO ID & clearance services
• Develop annual profit plans, which were consistently well above target
• Develop commercial plan to grow and diversify the business in line with targets
• Part of the extended Global Business Line leadership team
• Area of operations includes offshore Netherlands, West Africa, Southern & East Africa

Collaborating closely with central ERP Management as well as business managers worldwide:

• acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and the Fugro-specific ERP solution ‘Avalon’
• special project entailed the implementation of the commercial pillar, being the CRM, successfully introducing it to a commercial community of 600 global users across 90+ business entities

Running a fast paced marine survey operational & commercial organization in a dynamic frontier region of Africa, in offshore renewables and energy markets, based in Leidschendam, The Netherlands:

• management of client-focused commercial and project management team to serve client in area of operation and to achieve annual targets
• setting out new commercial and project organization in line with newly designed business line and service line structure
• strategy implementation, management of marine assets & innovation adoption
• ensure offshore operations are to the highest quality & safety standards
• operating area includes Netherlands, West Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa
• key highlight is successful execution of flagship deepwater construction support project in West Africa, resulting in significant growth of staff, revenue and profits

Associate at various consultancies engaged in business transformation, organizational change and coaching, based in Cape Town, South Africa:

• Corporate coaching & mentoring, working with executive and management level, in IT and Energy markets
• Business consulting during transformation, start-up, corporate management support, process & workflow analysis, change management
• Work-Life balance workshops & coaching on behalf of Life Balance Corporation 

Fugro Survey Africa is an offshore survey company, part of Fugro NV, operating offshore West Africa and Southern Africa, based in Cape Town:

• Full P&L including strategy plan for area of operation
• Preparation of annual budget, monthly & quarterly financial reports (IFRS)
• Managed merger and major restructure of company after acquisition of competitor firm, and subsequent stabilization of business unit.
• Supervision of management team with commercial, operations and financial
• Responsible for several South African and one Equ Guinea business entity
• Responsible for HR of all employees, including recruitment, employment equity plans, skills development plans
• Consistently exceeded annual profit targets and met strategic objectives
• Consistently produced steady year-on-year growth in profit, turnover & staff

Fugro Survey BV (today Fugro Netherlands Marine) is an offshore survey company operating in the North Sea and West Africa, based in The Netherlands:

• Responsible for all operations related activities, ensuring all projects are executed to the required standard, within budget, safely and on time
• Operational integration of several aquired companies in area of responsibility
• Control of all operational resources including project managers, field staff, survey, workshop, equipment allocation and purchasing
• Planning of offshore staff to meet project demand
• Performance appraisal of all field and departmental staff
• Overseeing operations on West African bases (Angola, Nigeria, Equ Guinea)
• Established support positions to set up for operational growth
• Developed management tools for supervision and utilization of ops resources

Underwater Surveys (Pty) Ltd was a marine survey company, operating mainly in Southern Africa. In 1998 it was acquired by Fugro NV, a Dutch listed company, and integrated into the Fugro Survey regional group of companies. My responsibilities included:

• Processing & reporting of survey data, reports, GIS, working offshore and onshore
• Project management and quality control of final product
• Preparation of tenders and proposals, client contacts and marketing
• Implementation, co-ordination & maintenance of Quality Management System
• IT management and support of workstations and office systems
• Deputy Managing Director and Public Officer