Professional experience
2011 – present
Doing assignments for Leading Legal Management B.V. (LLM). LLM provides first class (interim) legal transaction management and is specialised in Corporate / M&A processes.
Main assignments of LLM:
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Divesture of Enclude by Triodos Ventures to Palladium (2018)
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Shareholders Agreement for a Startup in expansion (2018)
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UK/NL Joint Venture Agreement (2018)
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Head of Legal and Compliance of Triodos Bank, the Netherlands (2014-2018)
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AVG Technologies N.V. Corporate Legal (2013)
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LeasePlan Corporation N.V. Legal M&A (2012)
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ING Groep Corporate Legal M&A, manager (2011)
2008 – 2010
Manager ING Group Compliance Risk Management (15 FTE).
Main responsibilities of the team:
Compliance Risk Management advisor to the Supervisory Board, Management Board and Management Council of ING Group;
Insider Regulation Management for the ING Insiders;
Facilitate and coordinate ING Netherlands Board’s relationship with Dutch regulators;
Aggregate ING's global shareholdings and manage the supervisory regulations related to this world wide.
2003 – 2008
Senior Legal Counsel Mergers & Acquisitions ING Corporate Legal Department
Responsible for and giving advice to ING Group entities - including the Board - on proposed mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures as well as being responsible for the legal structure, the documentation, the coordination, the approvals involved etc.
2001 – 2003
Senior Legal Counsel ING Corporate Legal Department
Working for the Corporate Law Department and the Mergers & Acquisition Department.
Responsible for restructuring projects (ING Direct) as well as all kinds of acquisitions.
2000– 2001
Legal Counsel Corporate Law, ING Corporate Legal Department
Responsible for all kinds of corporate transactions within ING.
1994 – 2000
Junior Civil Law Notary at De Ruijter & Wiegman and Hekkelman Terheggen & Rieter.
Additional functions
2002 – 2006 Secretary ING Trust Office and ING Continuity Foundation
2004 – 2006 Secretary Ingelton NV (formerly known as N.V. Arnhemsche Maatschappij tot het houden van aandelen Akzo Nobel)
Education
1994 – present
Variety of courses and subject oriented training programs a.o.:
Triodos Value Seminar, guest lecturer (M&A) Amsterdam School of Real Estate (ASRE), IMD / High Performance Leadership (Hong Kong), Grotius “Corporate Transactions”.
1991 – 1994
Radboud University Nijmegen
Doctoraal (Master) Notarial Law
1988 – 1994
Radboud University Nijmegen
Doctoraal (Master) Dutch Law
1987 - 1988
VU University Amsterdam
Propedeuse (Bachelor) Dutch Law
1980 – 1987
Secondary School, VWO Gemeentelijke Scholengemeenschap Genderdal, Eindhoven
Languages
Dutch Native language
English Fluently
German average
M&A transacties
- Triodos Ventures divesture of Enclude (NL, US, UK, India and Pakistan) to Palladium (Australia)
- LeasePlan acquisition of Austrian Bawag P.S.K. Fuhrparkleasing GMBH
- ING Group Divestment of the Latin American pensions, life insurance and investment management operations to Colombia’s Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (“GRUPOSURA”)
- ING Group preparation of NN Group IPO
- ING Group Divestment of ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) Europe to U.S.-based CBRE Group, Inc.
- ING Group Divestment of ING REIM’s Asian operations to U.S.-based CBRE Group, Inc.
- ING Lease Divestment of ING’s Car Lease activities to Alphabet (BMW Group)
- ING Group Divestment of Clarion Partners, ING’s U.S.-based private market real estate investment manager, to Clarion Partners management in partnership with Lightyear Capital LLC.
- ING Group Acquisition of the Turkish Oyak Bank.
- ING Group Divestment of ING’s business unit ING Trust to management and Foreman Capital.
- ING Group Divestment of Regio Bank to SNS REAAL.
- ING Group Divestment of Nationale Borg to HAL Investments B.V. and Egeria.
- ING Group Divestment of CenE Bankiers to Van Lanschot
- NMB-Heller JV split-up with GE Capital
- ING Lease Acquisition of Citileasing in Hungary.
- ING Lease Divestment of Trifleet Leasing via management buy-out.
- ING Lease Acquisition of the German car lease company of Deutsche Leasing AG.
- ING Lease Acquisition of the French car lease company Les Etablissements Garcia - locally known as Autoplan.
- ING Lease Acquisition of TOP Lease from Fortis