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Name : B.A. (Bob) van der Meer
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Marital status : Married
Home address : Jacob Catslaan 27, 3445 XD Woerden, The Netherlands
Telephone : Land Line +31 348 460 152 (private) /
Cell +31 613 202 649/+244 939 313 899
e-mail : bvandermeer.af@gmail.com
Present position : General Manager Heerema Porto Amboim, Angola
Date of Birth : 10 September 1952
Nationality : Dutch
Education : M.T.S., Polytechnical College, The Netherlands
H.T.S., Polytechnical College, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Courses : NEVAC 1 & 2 vacuum technique and cryogenics, fluid mixing
technology, ISO 9001, business accountancy, CHEQSERT auditor.
Business compliance training.
Member of the HMC Senior Management Forum.
Languages : Dutch, English, German, French.
Summary : I am an international Fabrication Manager, negotiator and development
engineer for national and international businesses with great experience
in the Oil & Gas industry. I am entrepreneur and a proven team
player/leader in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment. My
own background my international experience, multidisciplinary
technical knowledge and my analytical interest taken together with a
command of a number of European languages have left me confident
in handling business and people in a great variety.
Al by all I am pointed out as a ‘Seasonable Professional’.
Experience : HMC, Heerema Porto Amboim
2012(2)-present - General Manager Heerema Porto Amboim, Angola.
Developing a long term business plan for the yard. Budgeting and
Managing the execution of the business plan, built a sustainable
Fabrication Yard. Support business development, give input to the
major tenders. Manage the office at Luanda and the Yard at Porto
Amboim. Develop and implement the ‘Management System Manual’,
Present quarterly board meetings.
2012/2013 Yard preparation and business development. Executed an

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extensive training program on local content.
2014 Fabrication of 9000mt driven piles
2014/15 Initiating and Managing and $40 mio CAPEX program.
2015/16/17 First tier contractor for KAOMBO project, Jumpers,
Spools, Risers $110 mio in country fabrication
HMC (Heerema Marine Contractors)
2011(10)-2012(1) - Yard Manager MSB (Marine Supply Base) at
Porto Amboim, Angola. Responsible for the technical exploitation of
the MSB facility and expand the yard for off-shore fabrication to serve
the Oil & Gas is industry of West Africa in general and Angola in
particular.
Heerema Zwijndrecht B.V.
2011(05)-2011 (10)
Manager Procurement & Supply Chain Heerema Zwijndrecht.
Responsible for Procurement and project related Subcontracting.
Reorganize the department for ONE HFG integration.
HFG Polska Sp. z o.o.
2008(11)-2011(04) - Manager of Operations.
Founding a new HFG subsidiary Company in Poland. Responsible for
building the organization, making it operational and certify according
ISO 9001.
HFG Fabrication Group
2008(06) -2008(10) Business Development Special Projects
Responsible in the tender process for major scopes.
Heerema Nigeria Ltd.
2007(07) – 2008(05) Contract Manager
Yard Development Engineer. Responsible for the tendering and
subcontracting of new developments in Nigeria. Located in Lagos
Heerema Zwijndrecht B.V.
2004(03) – 2007(06) Subcontract Manager
Subcontract Manager. Responsible for the subcontracts for the De
Ruyter Project – Petro Canada Netherlands B.V.
EUROMIX-procestechniek B.V.
2001 – 2004 - Engineering Manager
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installations for the food- and chemical industry.
Brandt Fijnmechanische Industrie B.V.
1999-2001 - Plant manager
Responsible for business development, fabrication, project and
financial reports, change management for logistics and efficiency.
Relocation of the company and developing new fabrication strategy,
realisation and integration.
De Rijk Roestvrijstalen Apparatenbouw B.V.
1985-1999 – Fabrication Manager and Business development
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Typhoon B.V.
1980-1985 – Sales manager / Office Manager
Leybold Heraeus B.V.
1976-1980 – Production Manager