Ard Crebas

Current

Area Director at Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Past

Senior Projectmanager at Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency
Acting Director UK & Ireland at Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (London office)
Acting Area Director at Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (New York City office)

Foreign Investment Manager at Development Agency East Netherlands
Foreign Investment Manager at Food Valley Organisation
Assistant Marketing Manager at Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (Chicago office)
Projectmanager at Bureau Bartels

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Education

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Zuyderzee College

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Connections

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Industry

International Trade and Development

Ard Crebas’s Summary

In my career with the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, The Development Agency East Netherlands and the Food Valley Organisation I have been projectmanager for a large number of FDI projects. I convinced companies to locate in the Netherlands and assisted them in many ways during and after the decision-making process. I assisted companies such as Firestone Industrial Products (European Headquarters), TREK Bicycles (European Distribution Center), Kikkoman Corporation (European R&D Center), Nippon Suisan (European R&D Center) and TAXI (European Office), which all decided to locate in the Netherlands.

During two temporary assignments for the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency in New York and London I advised several companies about investing in the Netherlands. During both assignments I specifically focused on the creative industry sector and the possibilities in the Netherlands, especially in Amsterdam.

Summarized I have extensive experience in the following fields:

* Marketing
* Business Development
* Real Estate
* Assisting in building business cases for FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
* R&D matchmaking
* Venture Capital search

Ard Crebas’s Specialties:

Marketing, Branding and Business Development, Building FDI business cases, R&D matchmaking

Ard Crebas’s Experience

Area Director

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

(Government Agency; International Trade and Development industry)

September 2009 — Present (4 months)

As Area Director at the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), based in Atlanta, Ga. I am responsible for assisting companies in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland that are interested in investing in Europa and the Netherlands. The NFIA provides these companies with unbiased comparative data, tax advice, location selection advice, useful network contacts in the USA and the Netherlands, etc. These services are free of charge and rendered on a confidential basis. We also support so called ´current investors´, US companies that already have established a presence in the Netherlands with expansion, consolidation and retention plans.
Senior Projectmanager

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

(Government Agency; International Trade and Development industry)

April 2009 — September 2009 (6 months)

My job at the NFIA Headquarters in The Hague was an interim position before I moved to the USA to work for the same organization.
Acting Director UK & Ireland

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (London office)

(Government Agency; International Trade and Development industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

As Acting Director UK & Ireland (maternity leave replacement for 3 months) I was responsible for assisting companies that are interested in investing in the Netherlands. This includes companies from the UK & Ireland as well as companies from (mainly) the US and India that already have established an office in the UK and are now looking at the European continent. The companies are active in a large variety of sectors
Acting Area Director

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (New York City office)

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

April 2008 — August 2008 (5 months)

As the acting Area Director for the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency in New York I was responsible for attracting potential investors from the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware to the Netherlands. In addition we assisted current investors with consolidation, expansion or retention projects in the Netherlands.
Foreign Investment Manager

Development Agency East Netherlands

(International Trade and Development industry)

November 2000 — April 2008 (7 years 6 months)

As a Foreign Investment Manager I was responsible for assisting (foreign) companies that are looking to invest in the (East) Netherlands. I assisted companies with, for example, finding real estate, finding personnel, building their business case, connecting them to the national government, subsidies and grants, free publicity, etc., etc. Companies I assisted include Merchants (now TSYS), Sitel (now Clientlogic), Firestone Industrial Products, Titan Wood, TREK Bicycles, Process Vision and others.
Foreign Investment Manager

Food Valley Organisation

(Food & Beverages industry)

May 2003 — March 2008 (4 years 11 months)

As a Foreign Investment Manager I was responsible for assisting (foreign) companies in the food & beverage industry (including biotechnology) that were looking to invest in Food Valley. I assisted companies with, for example, finding R&D partners, finding real estate, finding personnel, building their business case, connecting them to the national government, subsidies and grants, free publicity, etc., etc. Examples of companies I helped to set up an office in Food Valley or introduced to the Food Valley network include Kikkoman, Nippon Suisan, General Mills, Supachill Technologies and others.
Assistant Marketing Manager

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (Chicago office)

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

April 2003 — July 2003 (4 months)

As an assistant marketing manager I was mainly involved in co-organizing the NFIA booth at the BIO2003 in Washington D.C.
Projectmanager

Bureau Bartels

(Market Research industry)

November 1999 — February 2000 (4 months)

At Bureau Bartels I was involved in the evaluation of subsidy schemes, mainly for the non-profit sector

Additional Information

Ard Crebas’s Interests:

(new) business development, new technology, international travel (for business and pleasure), contemporary art, oldtimers, The Philippines, mountainbiking & outdoor sports

Ard Crebas’s Groups:

IFT (Institute of Food Technologists), Marketing Professionals Network Membership, Made in Holland, Innovation People, BIO International Convention, Consultants Network