8 year track record with TGI Friday's, promoted successively from bartender to Operations Director, in 8 countries on 3 continents. Built Holland's largest online print broker Printweb from scratch, with revenues by year 3 in excess of 1.4m euro. Brand President of the $10m start-up of Amrest's casual dining brand, Rodeo Drive, successfully launching the first 3 restaurants. Hired by VC to restructure operations for 29 restaurants from RC Union.

Setting up Mars financial strategy in CEE after the fall of communism (1990-93), building a $150m business. As COO, 1 of a 3-person IPO team which took AmRest public being voted 1 of CEE’s top 10 roadshows that year. Being promoted from CFO to Prologis European HR Director as a direct result of my passion for people development, which has been my guiding vision wherever I have worked. European Membership Chair YPO 2001- 05.

Responsible for creating and operating Holland's first American bar-restaurant achieving $2m sales in the first year and delivering record beer sales. Restructured operations for high traffic HORECA locations in Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest airports. Key contributor to the roll out of the Global Horeca Experience with BAT. Across 5 continents penetrated dark markets on a 'cool consumer' level accruing millions of untapped sales globally.