This curriculum vitae outlines the professional experience and qualifications of Ruurd Ouwehand. He has over 30 years of experience in general management, finance, operations, and logistics roles. His most recent positions include Operations Director at Paardekooper Van der Windt Group, and Managing Director of Van der Windt Group, where he oversaw logistics, quality, and sustainability teams. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and has additional training in accountancy, senior management, and assessment tools. He is proficient in Dutch, English, and German.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: drs. ing. R.J. Ouwehand (Ruurd)
Address: Lieven de Keystraat 107
3067 KH Rotterdam
Telephone: +31 (0)10 4217435
+31 (0)6 40047288
E-mail: ruurd.ouwehand@upcmail.nl
Date and place of birth: April 28th 1958 in Rotterdam
Sex: male
Nationality: Dutch
Marital status: married, 3 children
Military Service: 1980 - 1981
Brief description of my personality:
Analytic, robust, incorruptible, loyal, driven, tenacious if necessary, helicopter view with an
eye for relevant details, no “yes-man”, generalist
Education:
University: Technical University of Delft (NL)
Bachelor of Physics 1981 – 1984 (certificate)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam School of Management (post-Bachelor (M.Sc./drs.))
Graduate degree in Business Administration 1984 – 1986
Higher education: College of Technology in Dordrecht (NL)
Physics 1976 – 1980 (certificate)
Additional education: Accountancy (S.P.D. I+II) (1990 – 1992) (certificates)
Senior management leergang (De Baak)
Basic training OPQ/OT (SHL Training Academy)
internal / external courses
Languages: Dutch, English, German
Areas of expertise:
General Management – Strategy – Business Disposal, Acquisition & Due Diligence
Finance & Control – Logistics – Manufacturing – Human Resources
Sustainability (ISO 26000) – Quality Management – Facility – Packaging – Private Equity

2. Working experience:
- Paardekooper Van der Windt Group - (leading wholesale in packaging and disposables,
400 employees, € 250 million sales) - period: 2013 - 2014
Position: Operations Director
Content: group responsibility for Logistics, Quality and Sustainability, total 100+ f.t.e.
Member of Board of Directors
Milestones: realization (costs) synergy, integration business processes VDW and PK,
restructuring pension scheme VDW, steering group ERP / data-integrity
- Van der Windt Group - (international wholesale in packaging and disposables,
7 locations in 5 countries, 200 employees, € 140 million sales; until May 2013 was Van der
Windt a division of the Clondalkin Group) - period: 2004 - 2013
Position: Managing Director (Operations)
Content: joint end responsibility together with the Managing Director (Commercial)
end responsible for all non-commercial items, chairman Managment Team
key result areas: finance & control, logistics, ICT, P&O,
quality, design studio, facility, legal; total approx. 100 f.t.e.
Milestones: structural high profitability and cash-conversion, 2012/2013: disposal process
(with a very successful completion), design LTP-cycle with successful
implementations, innovative (award winning) CSR-policy, acquisition of
Olsthoorn Verpakkingen, tight working capital control
- Koninklijke Bammens - (leading manufacturer of waste containers (metal) with 200
employees, autonomous subsidiary of TBI Holdings) - period: 1998 - 2003
Position: Controller (60%) / Manager Logistics (40%)
Content: financial end responsible (c.f.o.), also responsible for Logistics, Purchasing
and ICT, total 21 f.t.e., member of MT
- DAF Trucks - period 1987 – 1997
Positions: several logistical and financial jobs (both staff and line) e.g.:
- Corporate controller Business Economic dep. (HQ)
- Manager Planning & Control Operations
- Investment analyst Planning & Control Operations
- Group leader Materials Management logistics dep. Sheet metal plant
Content: span of control 4 - 17 f.t.e.
international responsibility (Leyland, LDV, subsidiaries, manufacturing plants)
(group) co-ordinate budget and financial forecastingprocess, result analysis
costing, intercompany pricing, advising BoD Capex projects (€ 100M /year)
production control, material planning

3. audits, business plans, redesign internal processes
special projects (e.g. for the re-start after the bankruptcy, cost reduction)