Govert is Partner at HTP Group, personally leading retained executive search mandates across the Netherlands and Belgium within the firm’s broader Benelux & Nordics practice. He works with boards, CEOs and senior leadership teams on senior management, C-suite and board appointments, from defining the business need and leadership mandate through market mapping, calibration, assessment and appointment.

He brings more than 30 years of international experience spanning senior executive leadership, organisational transformation and leadership advisory. His background includes senior executive responsibilities at a global Fortune 500 fintech company, as well as more than a decade working with international executive search and leadership advisory firms, advising major organisations on leadership, organisational effectiveness and transformation.

Alongside retained executive search, Govert works with clients on executive interim and fractional leadership, business transformation and enterprise AI readiness, adoption and value realisation. His AI work focuses particularly on the organisational conditions required to turn investment into measurable value, including leadership alignment, operating model, decision-making, adoption and capability.

His work also includes executive interim and fractional leadership, business transformation and advisory work around enterprise AI readiness, adoption and value realization, including the AI Readiness Diagnostic. Selectively, I also take on transformation, advisory or fractional assignments where my executive background is particularly relevant.

Earlier in his career, he acquired and led an industrial automation company in France through turnaround and growth before selling it to a multinational group. This combination of entrepreneurial, advisory and senior corporate experience gives him a business-led perspective on leadership and talent: executive search starts with understanding where the organisation is going and what leadership or capability will be required to get there.

His experience spans multiple industries, with particular depth in technology, financial services and complex international organisations. He works in Dutch, English and French and combines international perspective with strong knowledge of the Netherlands and Belgium.

Areas of Expertise

Retained Executive Search • Executive Interim & Fractional Leadership • Leadership Advisory & Assessment • Organisational Transformation & Change • Board & Executive Succession Planning • M&A Leadership & Post-Merger Integration • AI Readiness, Adoption & Value Realisation • Corporate Governance & Non-Executive Leadership

Core Competencies

Business-led Search Strategy • Market Mapping & Talent Identification • Executive Assessment & Calibration • C-suite & Board-level Advisory • Transformation & Capability Building • Stakeholder Alignment • Cross-cultural Leadership • Human-centred AI Adoption

Education

Master of Arts (INSEAD)

Master of Science (HEC Paris)

Doctoral Research in Organisational Behaviour (Henley Business School)

Certified Executive Coach and Coach Supervisor

Certified Board Director (NED)

Certified in multiple leadership and psychometric assessment tools

Advanced Studies in Cross-cultural Leadership and Dynamics

Continuous Professional Development in AI, Digital Ethics, and Emerging Technologies