After qualifying in Mechanical Engineering Arie worked for International Shipping Company, based in Hong Kong, in various capacities during nine years, which were mainly spent in the Far East and South Africa.
In October 1968 he joined BP Oil in Amsterdam, over the years holding various management positions in Supply, Trading, Sales and Marketing.
Arie was appointed Business Manager Oil, and Deputy General Manager for the Netherlands, in May 1984, responsible for all oil activities, and represented BP in various institutions and with government.
In January 1989 he was appointed to Marketing Director and Deputy General Manager for BP in Turkey.
In October 1991, Arie moved to BP’s European Head office in Brussels to manage and develop the European Automotive and Commercial Lubricants Business in 12 countries. Additionally, he took on the management of a major project to improve the professional implementation of sales and marketing processes across all the Commercial Businesses of the Company in Europe.
Since 1996, Arie operates his own independent marketing consultancy, Marketing and Management Consultancy Services, working both independently and with others, including Cranfield Market Planning Centre and Management Centre Europe (MCE). Clients include Philips, Shell, TNO, Forbo and Akzo Nobel. Arie is an associate practitioner of GEMS/MarketAbility.
Projects are in the field of Strategy Development, Strategic Marketing Planning, Customer Management, Marketing Communications and Customer Service Benchmarking for both national and international companies.
Arie is a fluent Dutch and English speaker with a very good knowledge of German also.