Role in the Lloyd's Register Group

Ton is responsible for defining the Asset Management strategy for the external markets, for example chemicals, power generation, mining, ports & logistics and utilities, and ensuring that the area business plans will achieve the strategic objectives globalyl. His role is to oversee worldwide business development, the development of products and the definition of commercial, technical and marketing policy, giving direction for global capability and performance. He is also responsible for product definition and development of the Asset Management services which are used across the group, for example risk and time-based inspection and risk services.

CV

Ton joined Lloyd's Register in 1989 as an LRQA Surveyor in the Netherlands. For the next three years he undertook consultancy and assessment work for the rapidly growing client base in Western Europe. In 1992 he took over the responsibility for the LRQA activities in the Netherlands and he guided LRQA into new areas of business.

In 2000 he became the West European Area manager and later that year he took over the responsibility for Stoomwezen B.V. Restructured the business and stayed in charge until 2006, at which point he was appointed as the Industry Manager for EMEA.
In April 2007 Ton became responsible for the Asset Management business globally.

Previous employment
Ton's first appointment was with a technical gas company "Hoek Loos" (Rotterdam) in the Netherlands, as a researcher in the area of (liquified) gases. He became a project manager and subsequently the QA manager in the mid 1980's.

Qualifications
Born in Venlo in the Netherlands on the border with Germany he took his technical education at the ( H.T.S.) in Heerlen and graduated in mechanical engineering, specialised in production engineering (BSc).

Personal
Ton is married with three children and enjoys literature, art, classical music, walking, mounteneering, sailing and scubadiving.