Egbert van der Lugt (1954)
Experienced international Business Development executive

Background and style include:

• 40 years+ experience in Business development, Marketing and public relations;
• Strong in teamwork, understanding of and integration in other cultures and business surroundings;
• Networker “pur sang”, quick to build up new contacts in new surroundings and at all levels;
• Extensive international experience, particularly in the Middle East (GCC), Thailand, France, Switzerland,
  The Netherlands, Great Britain and Germany;
• Fluency in languages; English, French, German, Dutch.

Bsc. Management and business administration with specialisation in hotel industry and tourism at the Higher Institute of Glion s/Montreux, Switzerland.

Assisted a number of international companies with their business development in the Middle East during the 1980’s; KUBOTA, Wasmiya Trading W.L.L., MARUBENI, AMEC plc, BLANCHARD of LONDON, RIGGS National Bank of Washington, Arabian Exhibition Management (AEM) and others.

Out of these activities, the idea of AXZES was born and started in the summer of 1990, when a business development consultancy was signed for AMEC plc. This resulted in a period of employment for AMEC in The United Kingdom and Germany. During these years some very specific business development projects were executed for Fruit of the Loom in Germany, the US Air Forces in Ramstein, Germany,

From 1999 onwards for NACAP with COLT (City of London Telecommunications PLC) in Germany, and the market research and set up of a French operation for NACAP in 2010 as well as two very specific, complex client relation assignments in Thailand (2007-2010) and Russia (2011-2012).

Registered with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs as a Business Development advisor for the GCC countries, as well as a partner with ALLIANCE EXPERTS during the period 2012-2016. As of 2021 various parttime business development projects are ongoing in Switzerland.