Onno Ponfoort

Current

senior managing consultant at Berenschot

Past

Area Director at Ministry of Economic Affairs
Area manager at Philips
senior management consultant at Deloitte

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Education

Universiteit Leiden

Connections

166 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Onno Ponfoort’s Summary

Onno A. Ponfoort is a seasoned market strategy and sales expert, with international hands-on experience

Onno:
• Consults on strategy, marketing and sales at boardroom and business unit level;
• Has developed, managed and performed in various (international) marketing and sales operations, in both private and public arenas;
• Naturally builds relationships and involves stakeholders;
• Is focused on getting from vision to execution.

Onno Ponfoort’s Specialties:

Onno is a passionate translator of trends and developments into plans and action. He values market research and customer review in addition to historic data. He is an expert on qualitative market research as a basis for strategy development

Onno Ponfoort’s Experience

senior managing consultant

Berenschot

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

September 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
Area Director

Ministry of Economic Affairs

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)

January 1996 — August 2001 (5 years 8 months)

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, New York, Boston
Responsible for tracking down American businesses and achieving direct investments through these businesses in the Netherlands Manager of the East Coast-operation of the NFIA, operating from the newly opened Boston office (as of 1999).
Area manager

Philips

(Public Company; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)

August 1986 — August 2000 (14 years 1 month)

Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven.
International Area Sales Manager, Audio Business Group (as of 1988).
Responsible for setting up the budget, marketing and sales plans for Audio products (including market research and channel development) for the Philips sales organisations in Austria, Switzerland and Italy.

Sales Representative, Car Stereo Business Group (as of 1986).
Responsible for developing relationships and selling a range of car radio and car alarm systems to wholesalers and retailers, chain and speciality stores, as well as automobile importers throughout the Netherlands.
senior management consultant

Deloitte

(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

September 1990 — December 1995 (5 years 4 months)

Deloitte & Touche Management Consultants, Amsterdam.
Senior Consultant, Strategy and Marketing.
As (Senior) Consultant, participation in and responsibility for market-strategic consulting assignments for major Dutch and international businesses and organisations.

Onno Ponfoort’s Education

Universiteit Leiden

Masters , organizational psychology , 1979 — 1986

Activities and Societies:

Minerva Leiden
President Lsmltv (Tennis)
Assistant Test Psychologist at Unilever (1982 - 1986)