Paul Verstraeten

Professional Career

• 2023, March 1, 2023, June 30

ACERTA Interim Manager Service to Company Owners Antwerp and Namur Office

• Absorbing the growth by re-aligning the team (40 members)
• Integrating new hires
• Start and manage programs of continuous improvement (training, development, wellbeing, retention)

• 2022, September 1, 2023, February 28

ACERTA Interim Director Payroll Office, Liège

• Re-animate the team (12 payroll advisors) after a period of instability, turnover and absenteeism
• Integrating new hires
• Start and manage programs of continuous improvement (training, development, wellbeing, retention)

• 2022, July 1 – actual

ANZA! Interim Manager/Change Trainer

• to cover vacancies for leave/maternity/illness
• to design and deliver change initiatives around mergers/acquisitions/growth/downsizing
• to fill highly HR specialist skill gap
• to project manage the implementation of specific HR systems

• 2016, Dec1 – 2022, June 30

HOLOGIC (Medical) – Brussels - Zaventem

1400 employees – 19 countries – 4B€ turn-over

Head of HR Integration

Head of HR Operations EMEA, Canada, Latam

Overall responsibility for HR operations processes reporting to VP Human Resources, 4 HR operations Managers and a network of international lawyers reporting to me

• 2016,  April 22  – 206, Dec 1

                   ANZA! Interim Manager/Change Trainer

Interim HR Benelux/Middle East at Hologic (Medical)

• 2010, February 1, 2016, March 22 

Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) 

1100 employees – 100M€ turnover

                   Senior Director HR Continental Europe

                   Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Italy

Overall responsibility for HR processes reporting to VP Human Resources SBH, MD Continental Europe

Member of Global HR Leadership Team

(US/Canada; Latin/South America; UK/Ct. Europe)

• 2008, February 1- 2010, January 31 

Elster Group, part of Honeywell

HR Manager Shared Services Benelux/France

                   HR Coordinator Rest of World Integrated Metering

                   400 employees; 500M€ turnover

• 1989, October 1 – 2008, January 31

Rogers Corporation (NYSE/ROG), Power Distribution Division, Microwave Laminates Division

                   Human Resources Manager Europe

290 employees in Belgium, sales reps in Germany, France, UK ; 80M€ turnover

Competence center for China Power Distribution Unit Suzhou (Shanghai) – 70 employees

                   Other assignments:

• HR-start-up of power distribution unit in Suzhou/Shanghai China
• Downsized Sales Offices in London, Frankfurt and Paris
• Member of the Due Diligence Team as Integration Manager in an acquisition project in Ireland
• 3 months ad interim HR Manager in an acquired company in Chicago
• Chairman of the Training and Development Committee of Flanders Metal Federation

1992-1997: Agoria Sr Consultant (combined with Rogers)

In 1992 I reduced my Rogers full-time HR function to part-time, due to extensive lay-offs in economic recession.

I joined the metal federation on a part-time basis.

In May 1997 I rejoined Rogers on a full-time basis.

Major projects and assignments:

• Interim HR Manager functions
• Selection for senior positions
• Training for supervisors at 3M, Becton-Dickinson, GE, Siemens, Philips; Dana, Atlas-Copco, etc.
• Development of competency based assessments

• 1982, February 1 – 1989, September  30 

Tate & Lyle – Amylum, food/non food corn processor

600 employees

Compensation and benefits Administrator and 

Assistant to the HR Director

• Payroll/insurances/compensation and benefits
• Recruitment and selection
• Job descriptions, analysis and classification
• Performance appraisals, development and training
• Industrial relations
• HR information systems
• Social services

Language skills                                        spoken        written

                                      Dutch                   ++               ++

                                      English                ++               ++

                                      French                 ++               +

                                      German                +                 +/-

Italian                  studied for 2 years, should be reactivated

Education &Training:   Bachelor in HR Management

MS-Office; negotiation skills; user of HR applications in Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft; Vlerick Business School: a range of (HR) management programs; Lominger Competency based HRM; Strategy development; Assessment trainings; Certified 6-sigma green belt and champion; certified Lominger Competency Based Interviewer

Hobby:                         active music player; home recording.

Charity:                         with my wife, owner of a 6 children orphanage in Mtangani, Kenya

References:                 Carmel O’Kane

                                      Vice President HR International Hologic

Olivier Badezet

                                      Managing Director SBH CT.Europe  

Brian Walker

Sr.VP Global HR Sally Beauty Holdings

Marc Beulque

VP Global Operations Rogers Corporation

Education &Training:   Bachelor in HR Management

MS-Office; negotiation skills; user of HR applications in Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft; Vlerick Business School: a range of (HR) management programs; Lominger Competency based HRM; Strategy development; Assessment trainings; Certified 6-sigma green belt and champion; certified Lominger Competency Based Interviewer