John B. - Advisory Board | Mentor | NED | Business Angel

Maaseik, Belgium

Experience

Jan 2013 - Present

13 years

Focus on mobility, travel, health & medtech start- & scale-up entrepreneurs, as well as on top executives of established companies wanting clarity of direction, aligned teams and accelerated delivery
Mandates focus particularly on strategy & proposition (product & service) roadmap development, governance, servant leadership, communication and engagement skills
Regularly serve in advisory board/non-executive director (NED) roles as sparring partner and sounding board; numerous early-stage investments

Jan 1997 - Present

29 years

Focus on strategy execution, company-wide change initiatives, heavy-duty program management, deep-tech & SaaS product management and global go-to-market launches often in highly regulated medical, robotics & telco technology environments
Repeatedly selected by CEOs of world-class companies to step in and lead the performance boosting/turnaround of their most challenging areas
Served >25 clients ranging from scale-ups to SMEs and global corporates, held deep 3-figure personnel and 8-figure P&L responsibility, including: t-mobile.de, ista.com, essent.com, option.com, euroports.com, walleniuswilhelmsen.com, tof.de, colruytgroup.com, myreas.com, delaval.com, vivawest.de, clearxaligners.com

COO, Program Director, Operational Excellence and (Digital) Transformation mandates focused particularly on strategy execution, company-wide transformation initiatives, product management and go-to-market launches
Repeatedly enabled up to $ 9-figure growth for my clients, often in heavily regulated deep-tech & SaaS sectors covering scale-ups, SMEs and global corporates; held $ 8-figure P&L and 3-figure personnel responsibility
Hands-on leadership style & systemic approach focused on clarity of direction, aligned teams & accelerated delivery combined with 25+ years of wisdom mentoring entrepreneurs, executives & their teams
Industry-agnostic deep-generalist with a clear preference for very dynamic, international service- & tech-sector growth environments that put people, ethics & long-term healthy cultures first
Business Angel investor, hold related Advisory Board / NED (Non-Executive Director) positions