The course instructor worked for Shell for 26 years. His last role there was on the Management Team of Pernis Refinery in Rotterdam, with a secondment in Shell Internal Audit.
His expertise lies in Manufacturing, Supply & Distribution, Research & Technical Services, Business Assurance (Quality & Auditing), Change Management and Continuous Improvement.
He has 15 years of refinery and petrochemical engineering experience and worked 12 years in three refineries. He led multicultural teams of up to 13 highly educated (PhD-level) direct reports in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
He has now an assignment at Delft University of Technology as Senior University Lecturer and runs a consultancy agency to support Production Processes Performance Improvement in mainly the refining and (petro)chemicals industry.
He holds a Masters and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.