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Ngo van Tau

Founder/Managing director

PROFILE

Tau worked at different companies at managerial positions in Europe before moving to Vietnam. In Vietnam Tau is focusing on management and strategy consulting, currently working on projects for the Dutch government, among other projects. Tau is also advising foreign companies how to invest in Vietnam, does business consulting for established companies in Vietnam and coordinates social projects in Vietnam.

EDUCATION

Tau gained a Bachelor degree from the Hotelschool The Hague and a MBA from Nyenrode Business School.

EXPERIENCES

Pon Holdings / Linde Material Handling, Antwerp Belgium - Marketing Manager & Dutch multinational company
• Set up Marketing department Linde Intern Transport Antwerp
• Structuring marketing reporting and marketing organization
• Set up and implemented product quality control procedures
• Training sales staff
• Training back office staff new ERP system
• Reported to Managing Director

Accenture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Management consultant & Financial Services division
• Management and Business Consulting
• Training staff with new strategy and new systems
• Analysed and designed new back office organization and systems
• Performed process analyses
• Reorganizing and product development at mayor Dutch Financial Institute

NWC - Consulting, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Management Consulting & Investment and consultancy services - Founder / Managing Director

REFERENCE PROJECTS

·         CBI – The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HCMC, Vietnam

  • Business consultant for Dutch ministry of foreign affairs’ CBI programo
  • Supporting Vietnamese manufacturing companies improve processeso
  • Goal of the CBI program is to prepare VN companies for export to EU 

·         Royal Dutch Boon Edam – Dutch entrance / revolving doors company

  • Vietnam Market Entry strategy for global leader in revolving doors
  • Boon Edam: owns 50% of global market share in revolving doors
  • Marketing and sales strategy
  • Operational management

 ·         CIBES lifts – Swedish Home Lift Company

  • Vietnam Market Entry strategy for global leading home lifts company
  • Set up offices in Vietnam
  • Marketing and sales strategy
  • Operational management

 ·         Intereffekt Investment Funds, Joure, The Netherlands / HCMC, Vietnam

  • Intereffekt Frontier Vietnam fund – open end Vietnam equity fund
  • Local Analyst / local representative / fund raising
  • Investments VN stock market

 ·         De Heus & Belgabroed NV– Bao Loc, Central Highlands, Vietnam

  • Investment turn key project for top 5 global animal feed company
  • Business consulting and investment project in agricultural Sector
  • Start up Chicken Hatchery

·         Liberator Asset Management BV –Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia

  • Investment support for family office from the Netherlands
  • Local Analyst – investment opportunities in ASEAN countries
  • Business consulting

 ·         Fair Trade Original The Netherlands – Dutch NGO, process management, quality assurance, auditing suppliers on Safety Health & Environment (SHE – reports)

  • Coaching Vietnamese handicraft workshop in business
  • Safety, Health and Environment audit

 ·         SAPA Flower –Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sapa

  • Value chain creation for flower farmers from Lao Cai
  • Creating access to markets
  • Sustainable development and business

 ·         WOO Candles – Dutch NGO, Amsterdam / HCMC / Danang

  • Social / impact enterprise – business planning and start up of social candle enterprise.
  • Value chain creation for Candle production
  • Business planning
  • Sustainable development and business

·         APS asset management (Singapore) – consulting services

 ·        BMW Vietnam – Training and consulting services