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Profession: Mining & metal recycling industry consultant
Location Main Office: City // Amsterdam area | Country // Netherlands
Appraisals, Business development, Business improvement, Business process optimisation, Business valuations, Fund raising, Innovation processes, Interim director, M&A transactions, Project management and coordination, Various level feasibility study work
Metal recycling, Mining, Technology and other start-ups
Willem Blaisse - Educated at the Delft University of Technology with final MSc degree in Mining Engineering. Willem started his mining consulting business in 2009 and has worked for Rio Tinto, SRK Consulting, and Inashco (now Blue Phoenix) directly when the extension of consulting assignments required direct involvement.
Education in brief (Indicate college/university and other specialized education of expert):
BSc in resource engineering at the mining faculty – with a major in mining engineering and a minor in minerals processing. BSc thesis grade: 9.0 (A). MSc in open pit and underground mining engineering for which part of the curriculum is spent studying abroad following the Erasmus Mundus sponsored program at the Camborne School of Mines in Falmouth, Aalto Yliopisto (TKK) in Helsinki, the Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen, and at Delft University of Technology. Grade point average MSc: 9.1 (A), grade MSc thesis 9.5 (A+)
Willem Blaisse joined CBA as M&A Advisor in The Netherlands in May 2022.
Dutch, English, French (rudimentary), German (rudimentary)
MSc (Eng); MSc Mining Engineering; BSc Resource engineering, major mining engineering / minor mineral processing

Prof. Achievements: Non-disclosed activities as interim president Magsort 2022;
Non-disclosed activities as interim corporate development director IHC Mining 2018-2021:
Divestment Blue Phoenix Group and acquisition Ballast Phoenix in 2015; Contributions renowned Rio Tinto Mine the Future Innovation programs 2010-2013
Years in Advisory: 9
Accompanied & accomplished deals: 7
Total Transaction Volume: EUR 150,000,000
Run my own consulting business for a total of >9 years; 2 Demonstrated performance under pressure
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