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| CONSULTANTS |
| André Schuchard (consultant) |
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| André has a large track record in the automotive sector. Before his employment at FIER he worked for five years at a company which specialised in the field of Used Car and Fleet programs. André developed several training programs for this company. Furthermore he wrote a used car training manual for a large car manufacturer, which has been in use in the whole of Europe for now. Before that Andre worked for 5 years as a teacher/sales trainer at the IVA-Driebergen, the institute for the automotive retail sector and automotive management. Andre also gathered a lot of practical experience at a number of dealerships. |
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| E-mail: aschuchard@fier.net |
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| Drs. Harm Weken (partner) |
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| During his professional career so far Harm Weken has been focussing on the automobile industry. Although he is a respected consultant for the Dutch government, his track record is also based on projects for companies. As a consultant he worked for purchasing departments of major automobile manufacturers like DAF Trucks, Volvo, Mitsubishi and Mercedes-Benz as well as for special vehicle manufacturers. Based on this knowledge he supports R&D bureaus and SME suppliers in strategic decision making and (international) business development. He supported the Slovenian government and the countries major automotive companies in building an automotive cluster. Since 1999 Harm Weken has extended his focus to automotive retail and distribution. As director of a research institute at the Erasmus University Rotterdam he was till 2003 responsible for the Dutch department of the International Car Distribution Program (ICDP). |
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| E-mail: harmweken@fier.net |
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| Drs. Pieter Libberecht (partner) |
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| After his education of Business Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam Pieter Libberecht was involved in a broad range of consultancy projects in the automotive industry in the Benelux. After several research projects for the ICDP program, he crossed the automotive retail industry in several projects from implementation of used car programs, training and coaching of dealership managers and employees to the set-up and organisation of quality projects and quality audits for several manufacturers in the Benelux. In 2005 he was one of the founders of FIER Automotive Retail. Besides the retail industry he gained knowledge and expertise of the automotive supply and manufacturing industry through, mostly international, research and consultancy projects. |
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| E-mail: plibberecht@fier.net |
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| Drs. Edwin Bestebreurtje (partner) |
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| Edwin has been specialised in business development projects in the automotive sector. Prior to being a partner in FIER Automotive Retail, Edwin was senior consultant at KPMG. He there supported car dealer organisations in developing their business strategy. Before working at KPMG Edwin was a consultant in business development at ICB management consultants in several markets for six years. He supported management teams of organisations in automotive (Nimox, Brezan, Mitsubishi), service organisations (NVA, SMA), government (Cfi, Ministry of Economic Affairs, SenterNovem) and trade (Ferney Group, Masalco). Edwin also was a management trainer in automotive for the Cardano Institute (Innovam). He is graduated in business economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam specialised in marketing. |
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| E-mail: ebestebreurtje@fier.net |
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