A results-driven international General Manager with over thirty years leading transformation, turnaround and profitability programmes across medium to large companies — family-owned, listed and private equity-backed. Full P&L responsibility for operations of up to €245 million and 400 FTE, across Europe and beyond.
Wim Vercauteren is a results-driven international General Manager with over thirty years of experience leading transformation, turnaround and profitability programmes across medium to large companies — family-owned, listed and private equity-backed alike. He has held full P&L responsibility for operations of up to €245 million and 400 FTE, operating across Europe and beyond.
His career spans automotive, FMCG, industrial manufacturing, healthcare and defence — built through senior roles at Robert Bosch, Honda EMEA, Federal Mogul and the Manitou Group, followed by chief executive mandates in consumer health and consumer goods. He brings strong B2B, wholesale and B2C commercial experience across each.
Fluent in German, French, English and Dutch, and having lived and worked in Belgium, Germany and France, Wim combines genuine cultural agility with a track record of delivery. Whether the mandate is a growth agenda, an acquisition integration or a business that has drifted below its potential, he works with leadership teams and boards to translate strategic ambition into business results.
Wim has held senior operating roles across sectors with very different economics, customers and regulatory realities — and applies the pattern recognition that comes from all four to each new mandate.
Wim's offering is structured around four interconnected capability areas — from stabilising an underperforming business through to building the operational foundations that make growth repeatable. Each is grounded in roles where he carried the P&L himself.
Stepping into complex, underperforming or transitioning organisations and driving strategic change — from roadmap creation to execution — with measurable improvements to EBIT, service levels and organisational capability.
Scaling businesses from below potential to market leadership, with a track record of growing revenues from €30M to €90M, €163M to €245M and €70M to €80M+ across multiple roles and sectors.
Leading acquisition projects end-to-end — target identification, due diligence, deal negotiation and post-acquisition integration — with experience across multiple transactions at both group and divisional level.
Delivering ERP standardisation, process improvement, supply chain optimisation and digital transformation programmes that improve performance, reduce cost and build scalable operational foundations.
Whether you are navigating a transformation, integrating an acquisition or resetting a business that has drifted below its potential, Wim brings the authority, structure and commercial judgement to make it land.
Thirty years of line accountability — not advice from the sidelines. Wim has run multi-site divisions, global business units and whole companies, and knows what it costs to move the numbers rather than the slide deck.
Fluent in German, French, English and Dutch, with years lived and worked in Belgium, Germany and France. Equally credible in a global matrix headquarters and in a founder-led family business — and able to read the difference.
Businesses grown from €30M to €90M and €163M to €245M; worldwide product businesses doubled inside four years. Wim builds the commercial and operational foundations that keep the improvement in place after he leaves.
A senior international general manager with deep transformation, turnaround and commercial fluency — available for interim and project-based engagements across Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and internationally.
From global product management at Robert Bosch to EMEA business unit leadership at Federal Mogul and Manitou, through to chief executive mandates in consumer health and consumer goods — Wim's career spans seven senior positions across three countries and five sectors.
Wim partners with organisations navigating transformation, turnaround or acquisition integration — working with leadership teams and boards to bring clarity, structure and momentum to delivery.
With 30+ years' experience across automotive, FMCG, industrial manufacturing, healthcare and defence — including Robert Bosch, Honda EMEA, Federal Mogul and the Manitou Group — he brings full P&L accountability alongside hands-on operational leadership.
Download CV → LinkedIn profileIf you are facing an underperforming division, an acquisition that needs integrating, a growth plan that has stalled or a business that needs experienced leadership at the top — tell us in 25 minutes what you need. Wim or one of our 40+ senior consultants will tell you honestly whether we can help.