Owner & Manager
ES-SENCE is a management and consulting company owned and operated by Kris Van Damme.
Kris holds a master degree in Bioscience Engineering (Bio-ir) from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1998), and a Business Management degree from the Ehsal Management School in Brussels (2007).
He started his career as project engineer at Monsanto Europe NV, and continued at MECS Inc. (a spin-off from Monsanto and global leader in licensing sulfuric acid and gas cleaning process technology). Initially as project- and engineered products manager, later as business development manager. In 2009 Kris became the Global Business Director of MECS SULFOX Technology.
In 2011 Kris founded his management company ES-SENCE, and continued working as consultant and (interim) manager for various clients specialized in commercializing industrial process technologies through custom engineered projects, creating value for all parties. Industries served todate include Sulfuric Acid, Fertilizers, Phosphates, Metallurgical, Gas Cleaning, Chemicals, Biobased Processes...etc. Kris has held various positions such as Interim Manager, Project Manager, Project Director, Managing Director and Member of Board of Directors.
Management Consultant
Manager (Interim-, Project-,...)
Solutions Architect
Business Partner
(New) Business Management
Business Controlling
Project Governance
Project Execution Strategy
Organisation Design
Self-Managed Project Teams
Empathy
Ownership