Business Development General Management

Jean-Luc DEFLANDRE

Result Driven People Manager

Hasselt (BE – 3500)

* 31 october 1960

jl.deflandre@gmail.com

+32 (0-475-**-**-**

Woonplaats/Verblijfplaats bespreekbaar

Place of residence/stay negotiable

OPLEIDINGEN – TRAINING COURSES

1998 – 2000

Master in Business Administration (MBA)

Buy, restructure and sell struggling companies at

higher value

EHSAL Brussels – Brussels University

1978 – 1982

Industrial Engineer Electricity

H.R.I.T.O. Hasselt

1982 – 1985

Bachelor German Languages

English – Dutch – German (Luik)

WERKERVARINGEN – WORK EXPERIENCE

Chief Commercial Officer Europa

Bamford Bus Company trading as Wrightbus-Brussels

January 2021 – to current date

X Full P&O for Europe

X Electric Battery Busses

X Hydrogen Busses

Chief Commercial Officer

UAB Veja Projektai – Dancerbus – Klaipeda (Lithuania) June 2020 – December 2020

X Introduction in Europe of the DANCER MOBILITY SOLUTION in the Public Transport (= “Pay as you drive”)

Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) of 3 companies

INT. SALES NV – BIKES & PARTS NV – IMPACT NV (Heist-op-den-Berg) August 2019 – June 2020

X General Management

X Business Development

Chief Commercial Officer (C.C.O.) EBUSCO

Ebusco.eu

January 2012 – August 2019

X General Management

X Business Development: ELECTRIC BUS 12m/90pl + 18m X Product Management: start NEW BUS 2.2 & 3.0 (> Very Light Bus) X Lobby work at CEO’S Public Transport and Ministers Level Advisor

Board of BYD – www.byd.com (BRUSSELS – BE)

January 2010 – January 2014

X General Management

X Business Development: ELECTRIC BUS 12m/85pl + ELECTRIC TAXI’S in Brussels X Product Management: start MIDI and LARGE BUSSES / Pre-contract with Alexander Dennis

X Lobby work at CEO’S Public Transport and Ministers Level Þ Working under ISCA comm.v. – Avenue Louise 367 – B. 1050 BRUSSELS General Manager Bourgoo Bus & Coach

Division of Autobedrijf BOURGOO

December 2007 – December 2010

X First ELECTRIC BUS

X General Management

X Business Development of the first electric bus 12m/85pl X Product Management: start Yamaha and My Way

X Lobby work at CEO’S Public Transport and Ministers Level WERKREGIO – WORK REGION

X BENELUX, France, Germany, Spain, Italy

X UK, Scotland, Ireland

X Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland

X Turkey

X USA, Canada

X Africa

X Asia

HOBBY’S - HOBBIES

X Sailing, skiing, tennis, swimming, jogging

X Theater and Opera

VAARDIGHEDEN - SKILLS

X Communicative

X Passion for networking

X Strong in negotiating

X Pedagogical action

X Flexible

X Great empathy

X Solution-oriented

ERVARINGEN – EXPERIENCES

X General Management

X Board of Directors

X Global Negotiations

X Business Development

X Higher Level Sales

X Crisis Management

X Creative in Marketing

TALENKENNIS – LANGUAGE SKILLS

Nederlands – Dutch

Engels – English

Frans – French

Duits – German

LIDMAATSCHAPPEN

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS

Active Member e-Mobility Switzerland

Union Int. Public Transport

2009 – to current date

Active Member U.T.P.

Union Int. Public Transport – FR (France)

2009 – to current date

Active Member U.A.T.P.

Union Int. Public Transport

2009 – to current date

Active Member V.I.M. (Vlaams Instituut

Mobiliteit)

Union Int. Public Transport

2009 – to current date

Active Member F.B.A.A. (Féderation Belge

Autocar & Autobus)

Union Int. Public Transport

2009 – to current date

Active Member I.R.U.

Union Int. Public Transport

2009 – to current date

Active Member U.I.T.P.

Union Int. Public Transport

2007 – to current date

Active Member ASBE/AVERE

Union Int. Public Transport

2007 – to current date

Managing Director – Owner

Group WELDIMO NV

May 2005 – December 2007

X Full Responsibility (P&L): 4 manufacturing companies and 1 service company incl. after sales

X 285 employees and 80 service people

X Sectorial Union negotiations

X Market leader in Public Business / Tenders

General Manager

Dufina NV

September 2002 – April 2005

X General Management

X AWARD for “Most Innovative Company of the Year”

X GLOBAL Retail Market

DIRECTOR of C.C.F.B. (Chamber of Commerce East Flanders) VOKA – Oost-Vlaanderen

1999 – 2005

Marketing Manager

Algist Bruggeman NV & DCL Ltd.

October 1998 – August 2002

X General Management and Strategic Management

X Business Development: new special business in the U.K. X Definition, implementation and controlling of the business at EUROPEAN Key Account Level

X GLOBAL Retail Market

Regional Manager Central Europe

Universal Flavors NV – Leuven (Belgium)

November 1995 – September 1998

X Sales Management: Coaching of a Team of Project Managers and Sales Managers located in Leuven (Belgium) en Paris (France)

X Business Administration: management of the internal administration for Central Europe

X Business Development: very special applications of the use of flavours and/or perfumes

X Extracts EUROPEAN Retail Market

Þ Working under ISCA comm.v. – Avenue Louise 367 – B. 1050 BRUSSELS Sales & Marketing Manager

Daewoo Motor Belgium NV

May 1995 – October 1995

X Business Administrations

Setting up a new original (consignment) and effective dealer network with innovative AFTERSALES-system

Commercial Director – General Manager

Despé sa

June 1992 – April 1995

X General Management: assistant to the General Manager before his retirement X Sales Management: starting up new business with International Key Accounts with the ‘new’ discounters as well as with Private Label Retail Member of F.E.V.I.A. & C.I.A.A.

National & International Food Federation

1992 – 1995

Commercial Manager

Scana Nolika NV

January 1992 – June 1992

European Sales Manager

BP Consumer Goods NV

January 1989 – December 1991

Business Development

Brand Manager – Brussels (BE)

June 1985 – December 1988

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