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Bram Klein KranenbargBK

Bram Klein Kranenbarg

INDEPENDENT STRATEGY CONSULTANT

€1,200/day
Amsterdam, NL
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Bram

Seasoned strategy consultant with robust background in the energy transition.

Strengths
Connecting, simplifying complexity, analytic, team player, great sense of responsibility

Focus areas
● Strategy: growth strategies, market research, business model optimisation.
● M&A: due diligence support, transaction guidance, stakeholder management.
● Expertise: energy transition, renewables, and sustainability.

Functional skills
In all my professional roles and engagements, my organisational sensitivity and people skills have been pivotal. By actively listening and involving stakeholders in the process, I have often been able to uncover genuine insights that enhance the accuracy of problem assessments, the quality of outcomes, and buy-in within organisations.
Furthermore, access to a broad network of people and organisations active in the energy transition.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Basic

Can work on-site
Amsterdam (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Klein Kranenbarg Advisory
    INDEPENDENT STRATEGY CONSULTANT
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Strategy: business growth, transformation, and optimisation.
    M&A: due diligence support, transaction guidance, stakeholder management. Expertise: energy, renewables, and sustainability. Example projects: 1) Transformation & growth strategy C&I solar company, pivoting their business to an integrated energy solutions provider (incl. BESS, EV-charging, and Energy Management Services), 2) Support in fund raising process utility-scale BESS company (making the IM), and 3) Commercial support clean-tech manufacturer (invest-NL backed)
  • GroenLeven (BayWa r.e.)
    STRATEGY MANAGER
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)
    Leeuwarden, Netherlands
    Assisting the management board with strategic challenges. At GroenLeven, I gained hands-on experience in developing and execution strategy within a corporate environment. Including company transformation, growth into new markets and products (incl. hydrogen), M&A, and commercial business optimisation projects. Example projects:
    • Developing a corporate (growth) strategy, defining long-term goals, creating action plans, and identifying comprehensible steps to achieve them.
    • Leading due diligence processes of multiple acquisition targets, including transaction guidance and stakeholder management (both internal and external).
  • Spring Associates (later acquired by MJ Hudson),
    Sr. Associate
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    March 2019 - January 2022 (2 years and 10 months)
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Spring Associates is a boutique management consulting firm with focus on the energy transition, renewables, and sustainability. As Sr. Associate, I was the engagement manager, leading teams of consultants and acting as client counterpart. Example projects:
    • Support trajectory for a consortium of solar-PV developers to help them with public positioning by drafting storylines backed by data, analyses, and proprietary models.
    • Company-wide renewable energy strategy for a multinational O&G player aiming to transition from a conventional energy business; Segmenting the renewable energy sectors, examining business alignment, and identifying potential investable targets.
    Besides day-to-day consulting work I was responsible for recruitment, and I led the Energy & Carbon knowledge domain (developing proprietary tools and analyses).

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Education

  • MSc Industrial Engineering and Management
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    2018
    MSc
  • BSc Industrial Engineering and Management
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    2016
    BSc

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