WHO WE ARE
Alexis den Beer Poortugael
Partner - COO
After getting his MBA in FIU Miami in 2005, Alexis started to work at a Benelux based claims management company called Interlloyd Group, managing key accounts such as Pioneer and Yamaha. Subsequently, Alexis worked for a year at ING in the Debt Capital Markets team. End of 2007, Alexis was approached by Arizona Beverages to launch the brand in Europe. The 10 years after that have been an amazing ride!
Pieter van den Akker
Partner - CEO
Has over 20 years experience in the beverage world, 10 years at executive level from Country Manager to Innovation Director for RTD Nestea & Nescafe. Being bored with the “corporates”, he got out in 2007, to help beverage start ups grow internationally. In 2009 Pieter joined BearField to help develop AriZona and Caipi One in Europe. Life is too short...
Philippe den Beer Poortugael
Partner - CMO
Started his career in 2003 at a start-up ad agency in NY, working in all the different aspects of the trade from creative to account & project management. He left NY to find a position at BBDO in Brussels, working with clients such as Volvo, Gillette, Oral B, Braun & Bayer. End of 2007, Philippe was approached by Arizona Beverages to launch the brand in Europe. Why be in advertising if you can build brands like AriZona and....
Remco Hanegraaf
Business Development Director
Remco brings 20+ years of work experience in leading companies within the food & beverage industry like Unilever, Heinz and PepsiCo across multiple European markets and categories.
Worked and lived for 7 years abroad in the Nordics countries heading the Snacks and Nutrition categories at PepsiCo.
Proven track record accelerating business performance thru development of strategic plans, setting up the right go-to-market models and strong engagement with business partners.
Recently joined BearField in Sept 2021 to support our acceleration agenda living up his personal motto : DARE TO BE BOLD!
Pavol Kanuch
Business Development Director
Pavol has more than 20-year experience in FMCG marketing management and business development, incl. cross-national marketing strategies & communication leadership, market strategy development and coordination of execution plans. Led number of successful innovations within different FMCG categories in multiple European markets. Experienced in operations management and multi-task projects coordination. Holding Executive MBA degree from University of Minnesota, able to communicate in 5 languages.
Stefan Schmidt-George
Sales Director Germany
Over 25 years in Sales FMCG and over 15 years in Beverages. Worked on all levels in Sales for national and international Groups like Unilever, Danone, Apollinaris & Schweppes and Valensina. After working together on AriZona in the last two years, he joined BearField in 2015 to be responsible for the sales development in the German Market. “Age is not a disease, it is acquired capital!”
Floris Duiker
Sales Manager
With more than 10 years of experience in the FMCG industry in various European markets, Floris combines his passion for Food & Beverage in his professional life. Worked with large retail, distributor, and food service accounts. He loves looking for new business opportunities and has a successful track record in introducing new brands and building strong international partnerships.
Stefan Smeets
Sales Manager
Stefan graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a Master’s degree in Business Studies and a specialization in strategy, organization and entrepreneurship.
Linda Glastra
Sales Operations Manager
Linda joined Bearfield beginning of 2012 and has been an invaluable addition to the team. Prior to Bearfield, Linda worked 4 years for CoolCarré BV, as the personal assistant of both partners and responsible for all secretarial duties. Up to 2008, Linda worked for nearly 10 years as the assistant of the management and marketing department heads of an event planning company.
Bas Sack
Finance Manager
Bas can rely on his extensive experience gained within various financial administrations, both in business and in accountancy.
At his last employer, Bas was responsible for transforming the administration of a start-up into a scale-up, so that it could be future-proof. Now he will help BearField to the next level in their adminstation.
Jeroen van Dongeren
Customer Service Manager
Jeroen has more than 20 years of experience in logistics. Worked for Martinair Cargo and Wine Excel, a Cordier wine bottling facility.
Joined BearFieldto support Customer Service and optimize operational processes and procedures.
Jerome Desmarres
Senior Supply Planner
After completing his degree in Languages, Jerome travelled the world for a few years. He landed in Amsterdam in 2014 and acquired experience in Customer Service and Supply Planning in the beverage and paper/packaging industries with Starbucks and DS Smith. He joined Bearfield in 2020.
Ilias Askepidis
Demand Planner
After gaining a bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Thessaloniki, Ilias spent 3 years as a Supply Chain Coordinator in a wholesale retail company. Shortly after, he moved to the Netherlands and completed his master’s in Law and Economics at Utrecht University. In the following years, Ilias was gaining hands-on experience in the domain of Compliance and European Tax regulations before joining Bearfield in 2022, as a Demand Planner. “I believe Demand Planning is the core of business operations and I am enjoying being part of it.”
Niels Harte
Planning & Stock management
Niels successfully finished his Business Logistics Studies and fulfilled various positions within supply chain management. He is a diehard who wants to develop his analytical and planning skills.
“There is a lot of energy in this demanding team, which encourages to perform. It is an honor to be part of Bearfield. After all, it is all about doing what suits you with the right people.”
Mihaela Barza
QA & Sales Assistant
After 14 years of customer service at Döhler (first in Romania, then in The Netherlands), Miki joined BearField in 2017, as sales assistant.
If she has to choose a motto which defines her, it would be: Work hard, laugh harder.
Shirley S
Operations Coordinator
Shirley studied Fashion Retail. She has worked as a planner and buyer for V&D for 10 years.
Jelena Dzida
Operations Coordinator
Jelena studied International Management and prior to BearField worked eight and a half years for Diageo Brands BV as a customer account manager. She was responsible for the complete order process, playing a key role between the customers on the one hand and the production facilities on the other.
Dolores Bajs
Operations Coordinator
After she graduated from college in 2010 with a degree in Market Communication Management, Dolores decided to go abroad.
She studied at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) and fully immersed herself in a new culture and language.
Dolores has a background in different areas such as transport planning, reservation management, office administration, customer service and leading teams.
Maria Dabrowska
Operations Coordinator
Maria studied at the Warsaw School of Economics and moved to the Netherlands shortly after graduating. During her studies, she also spent a year living in Germany and in Austria. Over the last few years, she gained experience in finance departments of various shared service centers, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders.
Eszter Szabó
Operations Coordinator
Eszter moved to Amsterdam from Finland in 2017 and completed her bachelor’s degree at Hotelschool The Hague in 2021, where she also worked for 3 years as a librarian. Following her studies, she worked in operations at a scale-up before joining BearField as an Operations Coordinat
Michiel Schalkwijk
Operations Coordinator
Michiel has a bachelor degree in history. He then worked 4 years as a sales manager and after 3 years as finance and logistic specialist at a large garden center. Michiel joined BearField as an operations coordinator.
Karolina Peetoom
Operations Coordinator
Karolina moved to the Netherlands in 2012 and for the last 7 years, she has been working in the logistics and financial field.
Prior to Bearfield, she was worked at Action, where she was responsible for the coordination of the internal and external orders, supplier management, invoicing processes within the transport, and analyzing data.
Quintijn Mielke
Operations Coordinator
After working for 7 years in Germany, Quintijn found his way back to the Netherlands. He worked mainly in the Display and Co-Packing industry and gained a lot of experience in POS marketing and planning big projects for his customers. He is glad to have joined the Bearfield team..
Elle Sharifipour
Accounting Assistant
Elle studied Marketing and worked for various companies. Before entering the financial industry, she worked as a project manager at Philips and PwC, managing and coordinating different projects from conception to completion. Over the years she has gained experience working in all aspects of finance from small companies as well as large investment firms. As a result, she has a variety of experiences that offers strong cross-field impact and allow her to see a unique perspective.
Fefe Shi
Accounting Assistant
Graduated at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (University of Applied Sciences) in 2014. She has joined Bearfield since the beginning of 2019.
Prior to Bearfield, Fefe worked for Royal Diamonds Amsterdam as a Financial assistant.
Proven herself as a motivated and organized person.
Asia Giglio
Desk Support
After finishing her studies in languages in Italy, Asia moved to the Netherlands in 2015. Here she started her career in Hospitality for about 8 years, until she joined the BearfFeld team as Office Manager.
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