Jaco (J.) Fok

Broad Industry Experience

Spanning Bakery Mixes, Enzymes & Emulsifiers, Food Ingredients, Coatings, Super Fibres, Strategy Consulting, Chemicals, Renewables, Oil & Gas, Education, Enterprise Software, Applied Generative Ai, And Agentic Ai.

P&l And Line Management Responsibility

Held Line Management Responsibility For Organisations Of Up To 200 People And P&l Of €175m (€78m Profit, 2011). Global Marketing & Sales Team, R&d Organization, Application Lab, And Fiber Production Units In Jp, Nl, Us.

Innovation, Digitalization & Creating Innovative Organizations

Established The First Dsm Overseas Regional Innovation Centres In China And India. As The Manager Open Innovation, I Implemented Open Innovation Approaches For Shell, Creating A Full Toolbox Of Practices, Tools, And Organizational Elements. Responsible For The Creation Of Shell Tech Works (Stw), A New-to-the-industry Agile, Systems Engineering Outfit That Incorporates Commercially Available Third-party Technologies Into Solutions For The Oil And Gas Industry. This Also Led To The Introduction Of Agile And Systems Engineering Within The Company.

Developed Digitalization Strategies For Various Parts Of The Company. Developed A Portfolio Of Digitalization Projects Across Divisions, Together With Startups And Other External Partners. Set Up A Digital Academy, Including Masterclasses, Mass Learning, And Specialist Blended Learning.

At All Companies, I Established And Managed A Robust External Partner Network To Support And Execute Initiatives.

Global Perspective

At Shell And Dsm, I Managed Teams Spanning The Globe (Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Netherlands, London, Houston, And Cambridge, Ma) And Traveled Extensively, Meeting Customers And Partners On All Continents. Having A Chinese Boss While Setting Up The China Innovation Center Was A Deep Cultural Learning Experience.

New Business And Organizational Development

Experience In Creating New Businesses From Scratch And Building High-performance Teams In Europe, Usa, China, And India. Explored New Markets, Developed Compelling Strategies, And Set Up Result-driven And Agile Organizations To Deploy Them. Developed New Business Entities (Solar Energy, Food Protein, Transport, Base Of Pyramid) Outside Main Businesses And Markets Of Dsm. Coached, Created, And Invested In Startups.

Strategy

At Dsm Dyneema, Developed And Deployed A Strategy To Transition From Ip-based Market Dominance To A Fully Competitive Business, Including An Extensive Customer-centricity Change Program And Organization Changes. Guided Business Groups In Developing Their Channel Strategy And Coached Their Implementation. Set Up And Executed A Digital Transformation Strategy From Business Needs Discovery To Tightly Governed Execution Of The Roadmap.

Change Management

At Dsm, Drove The Successful Transition From Bulk/operational Excellence To Innovative Specialties And Strong Customer Orientation. At Shell, Drove The Technology & Innovation Mindset Change Towards Cost Innovation In Shell Global Solutions. At Omv Petrom, Developed The T&i People Transformation Plan, Which Led To Increased Citizen Development And Company-wide Culture Change.

Marketing & Sales Excellence And Customer Centricity

As The Business Manager Responsible For The P&l Of The Yarn Business Unit Of Dsm Dyneema, I Developed And Deployed A Strategy To Transition The Organization From An Ip-based Market Dominance To A Fully Competitive Business. This Included An Extensive Customer-centricity Change Program, Encompassing A Global Crm Rollout (Including Kam, Training, And Ingredient Branding), As Well As Organizational Changes. Used A Multi-tier Brand Licensing Program To Mitigate Competition From Chinese Copy Products.

Managed The Introduction Of A State-of-the-art Digital Sales Portal For Omv Gas And Power To Smes, Including A Radically New Marketing Approach Using Multi-layered Products And Services.

In Dsm Held Responsibility For Global Product Marketing & Strategy And R&d Innovation Portfolio For Global Fiber Business (Tripling Turnover To €60m In Three Years). Introduced Several New Product Lines In Food Ingredients And Fibres To The Worldwide Market Using New Business Models And Channels To Market. Marketing Representative In The Dsm Innovation Council.