Damen Shiprepair & Conversion appoints new MD

With effect from 1 November, Jeroen Heesters will take over from Ton Remmelzwaan who has been acting as interim MD. He will be joined by finance director Eric Snoeren, who joined the division on 1 October, replacing John-Harold Every, to make up the management team.

After graduating in mechanical engineering, Jeroen Heesters worked in the oil and gas industry. In 2008, he moved to Damen Shipyards Group, where he worked for Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam and Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, among others. From 2017 onwards, he was the group commercial director for the entire Damen Shiprepair & Conversion division.

Eric Snoeren studied econometrics and business economics at Tilburg University, where he also obtained his Postdoctoral Accountancy (RA) degree. He started his career at KPMG Accountants and worked later in financial positions at AVR Bedrijven, VODW and Ricoh Europe. From 2013 onwards, he was the chief financial officer and co-owner of payroll organisation Payper.

Ton Remmelzwaan and John-Harold Every will stay on until the end of the year to help smooth the transition to the new management team.