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PROFILE CANDIDATE Code K100342INT
Sex: F
Year of birth: 68
Education:
1987 – 1989 Agricultural University of Lublin, Poland
Courses
Larenstein / Rural Development Innovation, the Netherlands
Farm Management course, Farm Frites bv
Several courses at Agricultural training Institute, the Netherlands:
- Potato Growing
- Dairy husbandry, cattle breeding and improvement of milk quality and production.
- Production of cattle feed using by-products of agro-processing industry
- Aviation training
Driving license: Car
Computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet
Languages (according to candidate)
Polish: mother tongue
Dutch: spoken excellent, written good
English: spoken and written good
Russian: spoken good, written reasonable
Italian: spoken and written reasonable
German: spoken and written moderate
Working experience:
Our candidate is born and raised in Poland. In Poland she attended an Agricultural University, the base for her later career. Around her 20th year she moved to the Netherlands.
Starting of in the Netherlands as a Sales Representative for a wood importing company she could use her languages skills Russian and Polish, but the job wasn’t challenging enough. She commenced with one of the largest Dutch potato and potato product producers, as assistant to the project director for their new Polish Business Unit, production farm and processing factory. Helping to find the best location, intermediating between the Dutch company on one hand and the Polish farmers and politicians on the other side were her first major tasks. The farm was a 3500ha mixed farming operation, with 1200ha potatoes, 1600ha cereals, 200ha meadows & pastures and a dairy herd of 600. After the initial set up her focus went to the reorganisation of the former state farms, training of the local farmers and the introduction of Dutch potato and dairy production technology.
Four years further on her career path she started with a new initiative, a group of Dutch investors saw opportunities in the Polish dairy industry and commenced a co-operation with a local dairy plant. By improving the used cattle feed management, introduction of a more balanced feed, they tried to increase the milk production.
Our candidate was responsible for all activities in relation with the raw material for the fresh feed (purchase, transport, etc.), advising and training of local staff and the most important task the marketing of mixed fresh feed to local farmers. Lack of financial revenue made investors stop the project.
Back in the Netherlands, she started working in the aviation industry. As a purser, logistic and operational manager on a small aircraft she is part of special missions in among others Congo and Afghanistan. During those missions she developed contacts within the development sector. On a private base she helps and motivates NGO’s and local women groups in Africa and Afghanistan to establish activities to ensure their own income.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2000 - present
Function: Business intermediary (private initiative)
Coordinator development projects (private initiative)
Purser - Aviation
Company: Private initiatives, worldwide
2000 - present
Function: Purser – Operational Manager
Company: Aviation Industry, Special Airline Company operating worldwide
Responsibilities:
Setting up and carry out of special operations/missions.
Example operations are:
- Mission in Afghanistan for the Norwegian Army, transport of goods, military personnel and equipment within Afghanistan.
- Mission in Congo, replacing fugitives to safe areas for the UN
- Mission in Central Africa, replacing fugitives to safe areas for the UN
1995 - 1999
Function: Co- project coordinator
Company: Cattle Feed producer, Poland
Responsibilities:
- Purchase, collection and logistics of raw materials from potato processors, sugar mills and breweries
- Advising and training processing staff
- Acquisition of participants in the company/project, mainly local Polish dairy farmers
- Marketing of mixed fresh feed to farmers
- Training farmers proper cattle feed management
1991 - 1995
Function: Assistant Director
Company: Large Potato & Potato products producer, Poland
Responsibilities:
- Assist with business plan, project development and project set up
- Arranging official permits & permissions to start the business and operations
- Reorganisation/restructurising these former state farms
- Translator for all languages and cultural issues between investors, polish farmers and politics
- Training of local farmers
- Introduction of Dutch potato and dairy production
1990 - 1991
Function: Sales Representative
Company: Import company of Wood products, the Netherlands
Responsibilities:
Organise import and logistics of timber from Russia and Poland
Personality:
Our candidate is an adventurer, independent, energetic and always in for new challenges and goals to reach. A strong will to achieve. She will be the person pulling the group/team to the top. A real ‘go-er’, but with the capability to balance between a practical and analytical approach. Specially in her current job, not without risks in Afghanistan, she shows her ability to weigh all influencing factors but still enjoy and achieve under those circumstances.
Her working procedures are structured and systematic, a practical approach to the job. She ensures an smooth & well functioning organisation, but with respect of the local culture. Where possible she will integrate cultural differences and discrepancies in her planning and approach. Her mediating role in Poland between local farmers, just after the communistic period and the Dutch potato producer are a good example of her mediation and interpretation skills.
An extravert personality, good communicator and listener, these character qualities make her easy to approach. She emanates a calm, but certain and trustworthy expression. A person who builds a network on both personal relations and demonstration of skills.
In complex situations she will keep the helicopter view, coordinates people and tasks. During this process she will remain in an independent position to be able to keep managing the situation and being able to be objective.
REFERENCES
Professionally relevant references are available at Lutgo Global upon request.
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