Paul W. Verheul
Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Paul W. Verheul, Chief Executive Officer since 2007, commenced with Driessen in 2005 as President of the division Galleys Europe. Prior to joining Driessen, Paul Verheul held the positions of Chief Operation Officer (COO) at Schreiner Aviation Group (2003-2005), Vice President Engineering & Maintenance at Transavia airlines (1998-2003) and several management positions at the Royal Dutch Navy (1986-1997). Paul Verheul has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Technical Marketing from the Technical University Delft, the Netherlands.

Friso C. Horstmeier
Executive Vice President

Mr. Friso C. Horstmeier, Executive Vice President since 2006, obtained his MsC Applied Physics at the University of Groningen; with execution of his master thesis at the University of Berkeley, California in 1997. After serving the army, Friso Horstmeier held positions at Royal Dutch Telecom (KPN) as Operational Marketing Manager, Project Manager at consultancy firm Boer & Croon (2000-2002), General Manager and Manager Marketing & Sales at Schreiner Aviation Group (2003-2005).