managing PARTNER
Gert has been actively involved in building companies, raised growth rounds, exited, and advised in cross-border founder-centric deals for over 20 years.
As a founder-whisperer, he has supported founders and serial entrepreneurs as a personal confidant throughout their transformational journeys.
Gert’s other domain of significant expertise include innovative strategies that have shaped, transformed and scaled businesses building on 20 years of experience. He has held executive roles as CEO and COO and brings in board level experience from a variety of organisations. He served as close advisor to several entrepreneurs and their teams.
He is used to dealing with high profile interest from media and other stakeholders. A speaker at international conferences, Gert has taught at several European business schools and has published several books, articles, and business cases.
Career History:
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Member several Advisory boards, Boards and Strategic Committees of tech-driven companies;
- Co-founder of WizeCap, a corporate finance boutique;
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CEO and COO in a number of client companies;
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Interim/ transition executive in several international blue chip companies such as Canon Europe and Applied Materials Europe among others;
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Chief Executive of a change management consulting organisation with consultants active throughout Europe and S-E Asia;
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Managing Director of a strategy-based consulting boutique;
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Professor at Nijenrode Business School and several business schools across Europe;
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Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands);
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Masters in Technology at the Free University of Brussels (in conjunction with Erasmus University Rotterdam);
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Postgraduate studies in Management at the Free University of Brussels;
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Masters in Organisational Psychology at the Free University of Brussels
Email: vdlinden@donedeal.eu
Tel: +33 68086 0289