{"id":2139,"date":"2025-10-07T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.excellentum.nl\/?post_type=team&#038;p=2139"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:11:03","slug":"marcel-heijnen","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.excellentum.nl\/en\/team\/marcel-heijnen\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcel Heijnen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Specialisms within Excellentum:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> high-tech and manufacturing industry<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Management experience:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a.o. THK Europe (leadership Benelux, European semiconductor projects), founder\/CEO Valvex International (strategy, operations, M&amp;A, product development).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcel Heijnen (MBA, engineering background) has over 25 years of experience in industrial automation, semiconductors, motion control and valve automation. He held senior management positions and worked intensively with management teams and investors. His career combines entrepreneurship, international leadership experience and expertise in change and integration processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From October 2025, Marcel joined Excellentum Executive Search, where he uses his technical-commercial expertise to select leaders who strengthen organisations sustainably. He speaks Dutch, English and German, and has a strong network in Brainport and the European high-tech industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Marcel private:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside work, Marcel can often be found on a road bike or in the mountains. He prefers to travel actively and adventurously, with sport and nature always at the centre of his interests.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialismen binnen Excellentum: hightech- en maakindustrie<br \/>\nManagementervaring: THK Europe (leiding Benelux, Europese semiconductor-projecten), oprichter\/CEO Valvex International (strategie, operatie, M&#038;A).<br \/>\nMarcel Heijnen (MBA, technische achtergrond) heeft 25 jaar ervaring in industri\u00eble automatisering, semiconductors en motion control. Hij combineert ondernemerschap met internationale leiderschapservaring en expertise in organisatieontwikkeling en M&#038;A.<br \/>\nVanaf oktober 2025 versterkt Marcel Excellentum Executive Search. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2150,"template":"","class_list":["post-2139","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marcel Heijnen - Excellentum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.excellentum.nl\/en\/team\/marcel-heijnen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marcel Heijnen - Excellentum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Specialismen binnen Excellentum: hightech- en maakindustrie Managementervaring: THK Europe (leiding Benelux, Europese semiconductor-projecten), oprichter\/CEO Valvex International (strategie, operatie, M&amp;A). 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