Hendrik L. Meertens

Hendrik Lou Meertens

Born: August 10, 1942
Place: Bandung, Indonesia
Nationality: Dutch
Married: 1973, No children
Naval College: 1959 thru 1962
Naval College Amsterdam
Study I.B.W. 1973 thru 1977
Business Management and Economics
EDS 1980- 1999
Internal Senior Management trainings

Language: Dutch - Native Language
English - Fluently, verbal and writing
German - Fluently, verbal
French - Needs improvement
Danish - limited

Sports: Skiing, Mountain tours
Ocean sailing
Flying - Holder of Private Pilot License

Address: Rogier van Otterloolaan 32
3604 BH Maarssen
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)346 565172
Fax: +31 (0)346 573421
Mobile:+31 (0)615022900
E-mail: h.l.meertens@wxs.nl


Carrier Path

International Naess Corporation 1962 – 1970

Merchant Navy Officer

Martinair Holland 1970 – 1979

A Dutch Charter Airline,
1970 – 1972 Flight Operator
1973 - 1977 Logistics
1977 - 1979 Manager Transatlantic Operations

Electronic Data Systems (EDS) 1979 – 2000

1979 - 1981 Administration Manager
1981 - 1984 Finance & Administration Manager
Holland, Germany and Norway
1985 - 1988 Country Manager Austria
1988 - 1988 Financial Manager Belgium
1989 - 1990 Account Manager “Caterpillar”
Gosselies, Belgium
1990 - 1990 Member Sales force “Saab Automobiles”, Trollhattän, Sweden
1991 - 1992 Manager Operations Saab account
1993 - 1993 Proposal Manager
1993 - 1994 Account Manager “O.M.C.”
1995 - 1997 Procurement Manager Europe, Northern Europe, Benelux
1997 - 1998 Operational Manager FLS account
1998 - 2000 Business Development “General Motors International account”

H.L.Meertens B.V. 2000 – 2001
Managing Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers 2000 - 2001
EMEA Operational Director for Nortel Networks.

Strat.OS Holding Ltd 2000 - 2004
COO and Director of Strat.OS Holding Ltd.

June 2000 – May 2004

Strat.OS Holding Ltd June 2000 – May 2004
Shareholder and Director and COO of Strat.OS Holding Ltd, with Branch offices in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Krakow and a Subsidiaries in Sydney, Australia and Caracas, Venezuela delivering Financial Services and Strategic Procurement Services for multiple International Customers.

PricewaterhouseCoopers June 2000 – November 2001
EMEA Operational Director.
European Operational Director for a global outsourcing contract of Nortel Networks. Delivering Financial Services, Employee Services and Procurement Services. Contract start June 1 2000, transition, integration and managing of 242 employees within the PricewaterhouseCoopers BPO organization. European head quarters bases in Potters Bar –UK.

Electronic Data Systems Corporation 1979-2000

October 1 1998 – January 31, 2000 Business Development.
Pursuit Manager for a major desktop service contract for General Motors Europe, contract-value $150M.

February 1997 – 1998 Denmark Operational Manager FLS
Managing the transition and integration of 150 employees. Leading the daily operations. The services to be delivered included all operations in manufacturing, sales and distribution, and administrative applications and the Data-center operations. November, 1997 leading the Business Support team for the out-sourcing contract of the NKT Data-center. Contract value us$ 40M.

February 1995 - February 1997 Procurement Manager Northern Europe
Procurement Manager Northern Europe. Purchase value of US$ 131M in 1995, increasing to US$ 195M in 1996. In 1996 /1997 leading contract negotiations with Digital Europe for an outsourcing agreement of the EDS Field Services. Contract value US$600M. Implementing Strategic Sourcing and improving the quality of the European Procurement organization.

February 1994 - January 1995 Belgium Account Manager O.M.C.
Outboard Motor Company manufactures and distributes outboard-motors, Johnson and Evenrude. Leading a small team of highly technical people to support OMC with the internal re-organization and Ware House management

September 1992 - January 1994 Belgium Proposal Manager for multiple prospects
Leading the proposal team for multiple international prospects out of the Brussels Office.

January 01 1991 - September 1992 Sweden Operations Manager Saab Account.
Operations Manager, based in Trollhattän. Responsible for the transition and integration of 250 employees and the daily operations. The services to be delivered included all operations in manufacturing, sales and distribution, and administrative applications. Support in office systems development and managing the Data-center operations.

May 1990 - December 1990 Belgium/Sweden Member of the sales force “Saab Automobile”
Saab Automobile, under General Motors Management is based in Trollhatän, Gothenburg, Södertalje and Nyköping. A 10 years Service Agreement with a value of US$ 360M was signed in January 1991.

January 1989 - April 1990 Belgium Account Manager Caterpillar Belgium
Caterpillar Belgium designs, manufactures and distributes wheel loaders, diesel engines, hydraulic controls and excavators. The fixed price System Integration Project with a contract value of US$ 11M included the design, development and implementation of a plant automation system, supporting material control and transport and supporting the production control and communication with the shop floor equipment.

August 1988 - December 1989 Belgium Financial Manager Belgium
Reorganization of the financial department and improvement of the quality of the management- and statutory reporting.

1985 - August 1988 Austria Country / Account Manager Austria
General Motors Austria, an assembly plant, based in Vienna, Austria
Leading the EDS account, with an annual revenue of US$ 7,500,000 and 35 employees. Signed a Fixed Price Contract with GM Austria, Packard Electric Austria and Rochester Products Austria.
Additional duties during this period:
1986 set-up of a Financial Department in Tokio, Japan
1985 thru 1987 Financial Manager Switzerland
1987 supporting the Financial Department EDS Paris, France
1986 thru 1988 Instuctor of EDS Internal management training

1985 – 1985 Spain Transition Manager Iberia
Leading the transition of the “General Motors account” in Zaragossa and supporting the acquisition of a Sales Company in Madrid

1979 – 1984 Holland/Germany Manager Finance and Administration
The set-up of the Dutch legal entity, supporting the first operational account of EDS Germany, Holland and Norway. Managing the transition of 60 Dutch employees into EDS and successfully supporting major contract negotiations of the “AMFAS contract, ENNIA contract, SFB contract and the acquisition of RSV Datacenter. Supporting the daily operations in Germany and Norway.