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A graduate from the University of Amsterdam Law School, with a diploma in International Relations from the University of Vienna, Frans has enjoyed a diverse career spanning academia, entrepreneuship and venture capital.
Operating from his own investment and management development company, Nielaster, he then restructured, as their CEO, all the European pet food companies of Rafino Holdings (seven sites in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy). In 1998, he restructured in the role of Group Managing Director, the Industrial Division of the BCE Group (operating companies in Germany, Austria and Italy). In 1999 he initiated, in a joint venture with Goldman Sachs International, the "buy-and-build" of a Global Supply Chain Company in the Consumer Products Industry. In November 2000, TPG and Booz Allen Hamilton contacted Frans to discuss their ideas for establishing LogiSpring.
Frans sits on the Board of portfolio companies Kiala, Apriso and Datatrac. Since 1997 Frans has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Supervisory Board) of Observer Investments, and since 1999, Chairman of the Board of the MES Foundation. | 