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Kurt Baes

Managing Partner

Head of Arthur D. Little in Belgium and Luxembourg

Belgium

Kurt advises energy, utility, aerospace, automotive and manufacturing companies on performance improvement, growth strategy, and large organizational transformation.

Kurt Baes

Areas of Focus

Education

Cornell University (NY, USA)
Master of Business Administration
K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
Master of Science in Applied Economics

Past Experience

Volvo
Various intern positions

Kurt Baes

Kurt is Managing Partner, leading Arthur D. Little in Belgium and Luxembourg and based in Brussels, with over 20 years of strategy consulting experience. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and North America. He is the local leader of various industry (Oil & Gas, Utilities & Alternative Energy, Automotive, Industrial Goods & Services) and functional (Performance) practices. He also heads our Global Competence Center Leader for Energy Transmission.

Kurt serves a broad range of Energy & Utility players and their suppliers in international assignments, such as:

  • Strategy and business planning
  • Global organization redesign
  • Operational excellence/performance boosting
  • Large capital projects & programs
  • Engineering management
  • Risk and portfolio management
  • Asset management

Kurt advises large and mid-size global clients in the automotive and manufacturing industries (aerospace, construction, electronics) on assignments such as:

  • Strategy and business planning
  • Market analysis and entry strategy, including transaction support
  • Industrial reorganization and operations turnaround
  • Performance improvement

In addition, he advises in the area of Operations Management in international context cross-industry, covering Sourcing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, and overall Performance Improvement.

Accelerating building energy efficiency
Energy, Utilities & Resources
Accelerating building energy efficiency
Current approaches and mechanisms are not sufficient to deliver on the European “Renovation Wave” ambitions. There needs to be a paradigm change to deliver value and leverage innovative private funding on top of sector subsidies. This Viewpoint puts the stakes and challenges in perspective and provides concrete recommendations to improve training, ecosystem development, sales approaches, innovation funding, and monitoring the results of individual homeowner choices, some of which can also be applicable to industrial and commercial segments.
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The buzz about energy data & where to find it
Energy, Utilities & Resources
The buzz about energy data & where to find it
Facilitating cross-sectoral exchange of energy data
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How data sharing is essential to deliver industry-wide transformation
How data sharing is essential to deliver industry-wide transformation
Michael Majster
Industries from energy to healthcare are facing up to transformational change. This is driven by several factors: a need for greater sustainability, reinforced by regulation; changes in consumer needs and behaviors requiring greater flexibility and customer-centricity; and technological development, especially digital and automation. Current geopolitical and economic trends affecting energy prices, supply chains and inflation are acting as a further driver.
Find out more

Kurt Baes

Kurt is Managing Partner, leading Arthur D. Little in Belgium and Luxembourg and based in Brussels, with over 20 years of strategy consulting experience. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and North America. He is the local leader of various industry (Oil & Gas, Utilities & Alternative Energy, Automotive, Industrial Goods & Services) and functional (Performance) practices. He also heads our Global Competence Center Leader for Energy Transmission.

Kurt serves a broad range of Energy & Utility players and their suppliers in international assignments, such as:

  • Strategy and business planning
  • Global organization redesign
  • Operational excellence/performance boosting
  • Large capital projects & programs
  • Engineering management
  • Risk and portfolio management
  • Asset management

Kurt advises large and mid-size global clients in the automotive and manufacturing industries (aerospace, construction, electronics) on assignments such as:

  • Strategy and business planning
  • Market analysis and entry strategy, including transaction support
  • Industrial reorganization and operations turnaround
  • Performance improvement

In addition, he advises in the area of Operations Management in international context cross-industry, covering Sourcing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, and overall Performance Improvement.

Accelerating building energy efficiency
Energy, Utilities & Resources
Accelerating building energy efficiency
Current approaches and mechanisms are not sufficient to deliver on the European “Renovation Wave” ambitions. There needs to be a paradigm change to deliver value and leverage innovative private funding on top of sector subsidies. This Viewpoint puts the stakes and challenges in perspective and provides concrete recommendations to improve training, ecosystem development, sales approaches, innovation funding, and monitoring the results of individual homeowner choices, some of which can also be applicable to industrial and commercial segments.
Find out more
The buzz about energy data & where to find it
Energy, Utilities & Resources
The buzz about energy data & where to find it
Facilitating cross-sectoral exchange of energy data
Find out more
How data sharing is essential to deliver industry-wide transformation
How data sharing is essential to deliver industry-wide transformation
Michael Majster
Industries from energy to healthcare are facing up to transformational change. This is driven by several factors: a need for greater sustainability, reinforced by regulation; changes in consumer needs and behaviors requiring greater flexibility and customer-centricity; and technological development, especially digital and automation. Current geopolitical and economic trends affecting energy prices, supply chains and inflation are acting as a further driver.
Find out more

More About Kurt
  • Cornell University (NY, USA)
    Master of Business Administration
  • K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
    Master of Science in Applied Economics
  • Volvo
    Various intern positions