Roland van den Bergh

MD of BU International, reporting to the CEO. Sales & delivery of baggage handling systems at airports worldwide, including service, maintenance and operations. P&L responsibility. Leading the management team and subsidiaries in Pune, Shanghai, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, Oslo, Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Dubai & Moscow. Returning to profitability early 2013. Tripling revenues to € 150 million in 2015.

Managing Director and major shareholder of Van Riet Equipment B.V. Material handling systems for parcels, tires and totes in Europe. Obtaining the ISO 9001 certificate in 2007. Acquisition of Van Riet Industrial Automation in 2008 and ULS Logistics Systems in 2010. Driving force behind the turnaround of the ailing organization since August 2004, doubling revenues up to € 20 million at 50+ FTE and achieving profitability above conventional market levels since 2005.

Senior Area Director for Central and East European Markets, Scandinavia and the (former) CIS-countries. Sales, execution and service of material handling systems for parcels, totes, tires and baggage and Senior Key Account Manager for Continental AG – Rubber Group (tires). Leading cross functional quotation-teams for sales opportunities towards contract award, including colleagues from legal, finance, execution, purchase, R&D and engineering (software and equipment).

Sales Manager Germany for Markpoint AB in Göteborg (today Markem-Imaje). Responsible for business development in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – sales, execution and service of barcode printers, print & apply systems and ink jet systems. Since 1997 responsible for the newly started subsidiary in Goch (Germany), managing a team in sales, service and software. Revenue via integrators and end users (mainly multinationals in the food industry and FMCG).

Sales Representative for Giant Promotions in Breda, The Netherlands. Responsible for business development in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - sales of ‘below the line promotions’. Newly acquired customers mainly multinationals in the food industry.

An Executive MBA program designed by Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); Erasmus University (RSM); Fundação Getulio Vargas; Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV-EAESP); Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE); UNC Kenan-Flagler. Top-10 ranked program (2012).