Has over 20 years of experience in the private equity sector and has been responsible for various mid-market buy-outs and for complex strategic and operational value creation projects. Ron holds a Master’s degree in chemical engineering from Delft University of Technology, an ICID from London’s Imperial College and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau. Following earlier roles as engineer at Shell, as strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little and as entrepreneur he joined VE Partners in 2008 as Partner and member of the Investment Committee. In order to be able to focus on other entrepreneurial and professional activities Ron has been gradually reducing his activities at VE Partners since end 2015, in first instance as CFO and currently as Senior Advisor.