2012 - Digital Marketing Director at Kupivip.ru, Investor at travelata.ru, Marketing Strategy Advisor and Shareholder in Chocolife.me, Advisory Board in GVMachines, Investor at Travelfed Ltd., Co-Owner at Gekko.com, Investor in VOC Gogol BV Netherlands & Gogol PP Ukraine, founder and president of ACRobator business accelerator for e-commerce and e-marketing startups. Moscow, Russia.
2011: Chief Marketing Officer for fashion e-commerce project Lamoda.ru by Rocket Internet GmbH (http://www.rocket-internet.de), a leading European incubator fund with projects like Groupon / MyCity, Ebay Europe, Jamba, Zalando, eDarling, Lamoda. Moscow, Russia.
2010-2011, VP Marketing of Russia’s largest vertically integrated fashion retailer Gloria Jeans Corporation (www.gloria-jeans.ru), developing and executing its digital and offline marketing strategy. Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
2008-2009: Chief Marketing Officer and deputy CEO of OZON.ru. Invited by VC fund Index Ventures (www.indexventures.com), early investors in Skype, last.fm, MySQL, Betfair a.o.). Ozon is Russia's and Eastern Europe’s nr.1 e-commerce company OZON. Moscow, Russia.
2007-2008: Marketing Director Europe for Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com, Bas managed a nine digit marketing budget across thirteen countries, oversaw the European marketing strategy and coordinated the prize winning Ebookers rebranding. Amsterdam / Europe.
2006: Consultant / Country Manager to Sportingbet Plc (London AIM: SBET) --- top 5 global online gaming company. London, UK.
2003 - 2005: Head of Commercial Sales / e-Commerce and Marketing Director for lastminute.com (Travelocity). Amsterdam, NL / Brussels, BE / London, UK.
2000 - 2003 Managing director and co-founder of memorabilia e-commerce company Authentics. Sydney, Australia.
Bas studied Law and Russian in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam), e-Commerce and Internet Marketing in Australia (University of Technology Sydney).
Since 2006 until present, Bas co-owns Dutch ‘venturing consultancy’ firm Gogol (www.gogolmedia.com) / VOC (www.vocmedia.com). Mission: assisting companies to define, manage and optimise the profitability of their e-business strategy. Some of Gogol / VOC’s blue chip clients: ReedBusiness (Publishing),TNT Post, Randstad (HR), Postcode Lottery, Hyatt Hotels, DHU Alpen Pharma, ukrainian rock-band Okean Elzy. The Ukrainian/Russian branch of Gogol focuses on digital marketing, online strategy, VC support and e-commerce.
Bas lives in Moscow, Kiev and Amsterdam. |
