Drs. Bert Kroes RAChief Operations Officer
- International financial management
- International accountancy
- Corporate finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Deal making
- Certified Public Accountant
- MSc Business Economics
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bert Kroes is the founder and managing partner of CIC Corporate Integration Consultants. His unique experience as entrepreneur combined with an unmatched network of relations in the ICT and professional experience in M&A constitutes the basis for the exceptional services provided by CIC.
Bert Kroes studied at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and made an international career as financial director at Philips Electronics in South America. He proved his entrepreneurial spirit as the founder and managing director of Compu’Train and as managing director of Info’Products Holding. Bert started CIC in 1992, after working first on an exclusive basis for Getronics as M&A Director and Managing Director of Geveke Electronics. His activities for CIC were combined for several years with a position as Owner/ MD of a specialized software company, which was sold in 1997. Bert Kroes is currently working exclusively for CIC Corporate Integration Consultants as a deal maker, consultant together with the other associate partners.
publications
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Positive M&A outlook 2024 for IT-markets
2023 concluded surprisingly with a positive market performance, witnessing a 14% increase in the AEX. Internationally, particularly on the Nasdaq, there was a remarkable surge of 44%, primarily driven by rising stocks in the Technology sector.
7 January, 2024 -
M&A outlook for 2023 in the IT markets
2022 was an eventful year and it has not been a disaster year for the stock markets, despite a war in Ukraine, double-digit inflation and an impending recession in combination with rising interest rates for bank loans.
8 January, 2023 -
Influence of AI and Data services on M&A in IT markets
Customer service that uses chatbots, facial recognition in the streets of China and the increasing use of smart devices. In the past year we again saw many developments about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) influences society.
27 December, 2019