Description of the Services

General

• Available for temporary interim management or executive positions or career mentoring
• Work location primarily in the Netherlands, but able to travel within Europe or take on assignments abroad depending on the agreement
• Nordic / Scandinavia region a speciality feature as I have primarily worked with clients and employees in this region and I speak some of the languages
• Experience in leading and managing remote teams located in India, Poland and Czech Republic
• Languages: English as the primary working language, native Finnish, conversational Swedish and Dutch 
• Hourly rates apply and are dependent on the interim position in question

Interim Manager

•  In areas of HR, People Operations, Finance, Project Services, IT organization, Customer Fulfilment, Sales
• People management, Business management 
• Small on site local teams or regions with distributed, global teams
• Performance feedback, coaching and mentoring, employee development, career development
• Organizational talent management 
• Resource management
• Finance, Budgets and Forecasts
• Process Management and Process Optimatization
• Leading and managing Organizational Changes and creating management systems and new departments
• Leading special initiatives such as Agile Transformation, Cost Cutting initiatives, Customer Satisfaction improvements, Employee Satisfaction programs and Performance Improvement projects

Interim Executive

•  C-Suite positions such as CEO, CHO and CFO 
• Executive experience as Country General Manager and Nordic region business unit leader
• Profit and Loss responsibilities
• Anything in between big companies with 0ver 100 employees in global setting in multicultural environment or medium sized international businesses with less than 50 staff perhaps only in one location
• Experience as an entrepreneur in the Netherlands and how to set up and manage a business, can offer coaching on Business Plan and hands on support in setting up a business
• Good understanding of all functions of a company  from marketing and sales to proposal development and contract signing to services and products delivery and logistics + Finance and HR aspects 
• Able to quickly relate to the challenges a business can face, build strategies and manage the different business units towards a common goal. 

Career Mentor for Potential Female Leaders

• Companies that have female leaders in equal balance to male leaders, perform better than companies with none or very few female leaders 
• 10 years of experience in being a career mentor and a mentee 
• A consultant to management and HR teams on enabling women to become leaders . I respresent a very Nordic view on women's place in working-life! No half hearted efforts here!
• A visiting career mentor to female staff members as part of a company's HR prorams. It is easier to create a mentorship with an external person, who has a fresh view, experience from other industries or companies and has no predjudices over the organization the mentee works for.

My Skills and Experience

• Please view my work history, education details and recommendations on my Linked In Profile. 
• At request, I am happy send my CV via email. 
• Previous Employers: IBM for 16 years serving various IBM clients across industries and countries
• Self-employed since 2016
• Previous collaboration partners: Pentik, Hästens Utrecht, Voigt Travel
• MA degree from St Andrews University
• Following and/or member of groups: Professional Womens Network (PWN Global ), ITIL Certified Group, Harvard Business Review, Consultants Network, Leadership Think Tank, Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce