Rob Looye
About
Rob Looye is from Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands. Rob is currently Advisor Board of directors & Supervisory board at Plato Group, located in Eindhoven. Rob also works as CEO / Owner at Charlomagne BV, a job Rob has held since Mar 2026. In Rob's previous role as a CEO at Plato Group, Rob worked in until Mar 2026. Prior to joining Plato Group, Rob was a Chief Executive Officer at Nedelko and held the position of Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, Rob was a CEO PVG Holding at PVG from Jan 2010 to Jan 2019. Rob started working as Managing Director at Intersafe Holding in Jan 2008. From Jan 2004 to Jan 2008, Rob was Managing Director Business Development countries & Corporate Marketing at Fabory. Prior to that, Rob was a Sr. Marketing & Sales Director MEA at PHILIPS Lighting from Jan 2001 to Jan 2004. Rob started working as Global Marketing Director at Philips Lighting in Jan 1998.
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Rob Looye's current jobs
(Interim)-CEO & MD | Advisor | Investor Private Equity & Family owned Proven track record in turnarounds | transformations B2B & B2C E-commerce & Omnichannel Marketing & Category Mngmnt Branded and Private label Production sites throughout Europe Sales & Marketing in Europe, Middle East & Africa China | Asia sourcing Want to: - improve your company results? - transform your organization/business? - prepare your company for ready to sell? - buy and build your company? - challenge your family company succession planning?
Rob Looye's past jobs
All assignments completed✅ From Loss given to Profit. Strong improvement Ebitda on both E-commerce and wholesale division. Sold wholesale and production division. Move of production from Holland to C&EE Severe and very strong equity improvement of the group. Made a clear choice in the strategic direction of the group in a sustainable and durable e-commerce company. Moved, closed and Improved several sites and offices throughout Europe and finally moved the whole HQ office to a modern office. Hired a successor CEO for the next new phase of the new smaller sized company and become his advisor and as well for the supervisory board.
- European market leader in consumer climate products: heaters, airco's, (de)humidifiers, air purifiers - subsidiaries in major countries in Europe - distributors network in CEE and Scandinavia. - market leader in premium fuels - major European retailers in Non-food and DIY, like Carrefour, Leroy Merlin, Praxis, Brico, OBI etc. - factory in Ghent, Belgium
- Wholesale/Trade of Safety solutions - Safety solutions for Retail, Trade & Industry - Market leader in the Benelux - Ownership: HAL investments
- Group MT team member - 1800 people in 15 countries - Managing Director Fabory Portugal, Germany, UK and Export countries. - Worldwide Marketing for Fabory - Fabory Centre retail Formula in Europe (over 100 shops in place, adding 2 per month) - company ownership: AAC Capital & Senior management
- Sales and Marketing Middle East and Africa - MT member
- MT member Philips Batteries - 20 countries and 2 factories (JV with Matsushita) - Major Food and DIY retailers as customers: a.o. Carrefour, Sainsbury, Boots, Hema, Kingfisher group, Essalunga etc. etc.
- group MT member - World wide sales & marketing of Trespa applications - Ownership: HAL investments
- Marketing & Sales of major consumers brands in Healthcare and Food retail channel like a.o: Centrum, Advil, Sperti, Resdan etc.