Waterland Private Equity
Wouter Van Linden is an accomplished HR professional and lawyer with extensive experience in human resources, employment law, and talent management. Currently serving as a Member of the Selection Commission for the Mandate Holders of the Brussels-Capital Region and Head of HR at Waterland Private Equity, Wouter also contributes as a member of the SoundBoard at hrpro.be and an advisory board member at Wenite, a company focused on employee wellbeing technology. Previous roles include EMA Head of People at KPMG, where Wouter managed a significant workforce and was instrumental in developing HR strategies across Europe, and HR Director for KPMG Belgium. Wouter has also lectured at Antwerp Management School and UC Leuven-Limburg on topics related to performance development and compensation management. Educational qualifications include a Master's in Law from the University of Antwerp and various specialized degrees in management and benefits.
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Waterland Private Equity
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Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions. Waterland is an active investor in the financial, strategic and operational sense. In the current dynamic business environment with an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions, Waterland is a partner that provides entrepreneurs with a powerful position in the increasingly competitive international arena. Since the start in 1999, the firm has made investments in more than 1100 companies. Waterland currently manages more than €14 billion of investor commitments. Investments are made in markets with attractive characteristics for a consolidation strategy: consistent growth, sufficient size, sustainable profitability, fragmentation and (indication of) consolidation. Waterland focusses on industries that are undergoing change as a consequence of one or more of the following trends: sustainability, digitalization and outsourcing, ageing population, and leisure and wellbeing. Waterland employs 180 professionals. Our teams are based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark and operate across Europe.