CEO lecture René Berkvens Damen Shipyards
Description
Another lecture from the CEO cycle will take place next Thursday, 8 January. The aim of this series is to stimulate and enthuse students and young engineers. CEOs of important companies, with engineering degrees themselves, talk about their experiences, how their careers went and how they became successful CEOs.
This time, René Berkvens is speaking. He talks about his career and about his work as CEO at Damen Shipyards. The chairman of the day is Prof Geert Dewulf.
René Berkvens, a marine engineer, has been CEO of Damen Shipyards since March 2006. Over the past 25 years, he has held various positions within the Damen Shipyards Group. He started in a sales position in Africa. From 1990 to 1998, he was sales director for the Americas, with special focus on setting up joint ventures (Cuba, Brazil) and further marketing of (Latin) America. He managed Damen Shipyards Gorinchem Shipyards (workboats) from 1998 to 2000. From 2000 to 2004, he was managing director of Koninklijke Schelde, the first defence shipbuilder in the Netherlands acquired by the Damen Shipyards Group from the Dutch government. During the same period, he was also responsible for Damen Shipyards' mega yacht building and ship repair activities.
Want to know more? Then come 8 January too!
15.45:00 Walk-in
16:00 Opening by chairman of the day
Prof Geert Dewulf
16:10 Presentation by ir René Berkvens
16:50 Questions from the floor
led by chairman of the day
17:30 Drinks in the drinks cellar
Speaker(s)
René Berkvens, CEO Damen Shipyards
Location
The Horst, room C101
Organiser
Mechanical Engineering
Region East
KIVI Students Twente
Young KIVI Engineers
W.S.G. Isaac Newton
Name and contact details for information
Tim Doornkamp