Michael van Keulen

Experiences

Dutchese Group is the China liaison for Rotterdam Partners and organises and supports trade missions to China.
Assisted in the organisation of a trade mission to Shanghai led by the Mayor of Rotterdam.
Set up a quality control programme with a factory in Lianyungang, China.

Made strategic recommendations to the management with regards to pallet exchange.
Set up the foundation of a pallet accounting system and implemented processes to ensure proper data collection for this new accounting system.
Optimised accounts payable processes by redesigning the weekly payment sheets and implement creditor numbers in the admin portal.

Analysed companies, performed financial modeling and assisted with research on potential acquisitions in a variety of industries ranging from agriculture to construction.
Worked extensively on a WACC model for a Dutch animal feed company.

The Erasmus Consultancy Project is a student-run project that advises companies on expansion to emerging markets. The project is a combination of B2B-sales and consulting, part of which was conducted in Colombia.
My partner and I were the most successful in the sales part, raising over EUR 24K.
My team and I developed a market entry strategy and competitor analysis for our client, a Dutch retail security company. We conducted interviews with potential customers, branch organisations and governmental organisations throughout Colombia.

Whilst on exchange in Hong Kong, I did a part-time internship with a logistics start-up in Hong Kong.
Assisted the heads of Finance and Operations in their daily tasks.

Skills

Education

Home school: RSM
Host school: Bocconi

Fall exchange semester at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Project Assistant at Dutchese Group