Management
Advisory
Digital & Data
Interim CFO
VD Financial Services & Interim Management supports organisations on a temporary basis as an interim CFO, offering experience and decisive leadership in the areas of strategy, stakeholder management, reporting, liquidity and broader business issues. Future-proofing, scalability and sustainable growth are central to this approach.
Business Transformation
Processes, operating models, and culture are fundamentally reimagined for maximum impact. Starting from a thorough assessment, core workflows are streamlined and a culture of innovation fostered — underpinned by active stakeholder engagement and clear communication as the foundation for lasting change.
Digital Transformation
Your organisation's digital maturity is strengthened through thorough assessment, a tailored technology adoption approach, and hands-on guidance through integration. The result: greater efficiency, stronger digital capabilities, and improved agility in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Fractional CFO
Not every organisation requires a full-time CFO, but most benefit from strategic financial insight at the right moments. As fractional CFO this support is provided on a part-time basis: structured, committed, and flexibly calibrated to your organisation and acting as a trusted sounding board for the management team.
Supply Chain Optimization
An efficient supply chain is the backbone of profitable trading operations. By optimising the supply chain, simplifying processes, and integrating systems, the entire chain becomes more agile and cost-efficient, resulting in better decision-making and improved margins.
Business Intelligence & Master Data Management
A robust foundation for data governance and master data management eliminates inefficiency and unlocks actionable insight. By improving data quality, reporting, and predictive analytics, faster and better-informed decision-making becomes possible.
Interim Management
Based on extensive experience at board level within international organisations, interim management services can be provided to situations requiring broad executive capability: from leading teams and driving organisational change to maintaining strategic direction during periods of uncertainty or growth.
Preparing for Sale & Post-merger Integration
A successful sale or integration begins long before the transaction itself. VD Financial Services & Interim Management guides organisations through preparation for a transaction and the subsequent integration; from harmonising processes to building one organisation ready for the next phase of growth.
Forecasting & Reporting
Reliable forecasts and clear reporting are the foundation of effective decision-making. By professionalising budgeting and forecasting processes and streamlining financial reporting, timely and accurate insight into the organisation's financial position and performance is created, providing the foundation for well-informed strategic choices and sustainable growth.
About
Drawing on over 20 years of experience across C-suite roles in international trading and production organisations and as Chartered Accountant, Richard van Duijn founded VD Financial Services & Interim Management with a clear mission: to support organisations on their path to sustainable value creation.
Richard provides flexible, expert leadership during critical transitions, transformations, and growth phases - stepping in where permanent executive appointments are neither practical nor necessary, but where the stakes are too high for anything less than senior-level capability
The focus is consistently on defining durable strategy and building scalable organisations - digitally enabled, process-driven, and capable of responding quickly to changing market conditions and information needs.
Sustainable Value Creation
Sustainable value creation means designing business models that generate simultaneously long-term value for the company and for society, as part of strategic decisions.
This philosophy acknowledges the natural tension between financial performance and sustainability objectives - treating them as complementary elements of a coherent long-term strategy.
Organisations that successfully integrate sustainability into their core operations are better positioned to achieve cost efficiency, strengthen competitive advantage, attract top talent, meet evolving stakeholder expectations, and secure long-term profitability.
Empowering vision, strategy and results into impact
Vision and strategy only deliver value when converted into measurable outcomes that create impact. That requires disciplined execution, clear performance metrics, stakeholder engagement and the capacity to achieve transformations.
As businesses worldwide grapple with accelerating disruption, increasing complexity, and rising expectations, the demand for experienced interim executives and advisors continues to grow. Organisations need leaders who rapidly assess a situation, develop the right strategy, align stakeholders, and implement and anchor transformations.
VD Financial Services & Interim Management meets that need: guiding organisations toward stronger competitive positions, healthier financial performance, and greater impact for all stakeholders.
Portfolio
Kwekerij Mostert / Flora@home
As Interim CFO responsible for executing the strategy of the plant greenhouse operations and the e-commerce business unit of Mostert Group Holding.
Westland Infra
Reviewing internal processes and procedures and advising on process improvements reporting.
fonQ
Optimising cashflow reporting and forecasting to sharpen financial decision-making.
One Flora Group
Led the final implementation stages of an ERP rollout at a foreign subsidiary, while improving business processes and driving supply chain optimisation.
Van der Knaap Group
Led the further professionalisation and structural transformation of the organisation from mid 2025 onwards following a partial change of ownership. 2024-2025: as Group CFO, held global responsibility for Finance, IT, and Legal, with involvement in strategy, sustainability, and HR. Primary focus: preparing the organisation for sale and leading the transition into the new ownership structure, including the establishment of new credit facilities.
Retail Flowers & Plants
As Finance Director, delivered the post-merger integration of five entities within the Retail Business Unit of Van der Plas Group. Successfully aligned merged businesses with the overall corporate strategy and harmonised processes and systems across the combined organisation. Streamlined financial processes through the implementation of efficient budgeting and forecasting systems, resulting in clear, timely reporting to support informed decision-making. Built high-performing teams and fostered a culture of continuous learning and cross-functional collaboration.
Flamingo Flowers & Plants
As Managing Director, built an efficient supply chain and optimised Sales & Operations Planning and Integrated Business Planning processes. Led multiple successful business transformations, resulting in significantly simplified, more integrated, and automated trading operations. Drove digital transformation by automating manual processes and integrating systems across the organisation, delivering measurable efficiency gains. Developed reporting frameworks and analytical tooling to support strategic decision-making and improve profitability.
Van Wezel Accountants
Audit of medium-sized and large privately held organisations, with advisory work spanning IT, internal controls, and the professionalisation and optimisation of internal processes.
Wecountancy
Audit of SME organisations, subsidised associations and foundations, combined with management advisory on improvements to internal processes.
Deloitte
Performed external audits, internal control reviews, agreed-upon procedures, and other assurance services for a diverse client portfolio ranging from owner-managed mid-market businesses to large and listed corporates across a wide variety of sectors.
Sale or merger: preparation determines success
A successful transaction begins long before the signature. What are the critical success factors?
A sale or merger is one of the most complex and consequential events in the existence of an organisation. The outcome - both financial and operational - is largely determined by the quality of preparation. Yet in practice, that preparation is consistently underestimated.
Preparing for sale
A buyer or investor expects an organisation that is financially transparent, operationally robust, and strategically clear. That means: streamlined reporting that can withstand due diligence, a clean corporate structure without unnecessary complexity, credit facilities aligned with the new ownership situation, and a management team that can present the strategy compellingly.
This requires preparation that begins months - sometimes years - before the transaction. Experienced guiding of this process makes the difference between a smooth transaction and a drawn-out due diligence process with unexpected complications.
Post-merger integration
After the transaction, the real work begins. Organisations must be merged, processes harmonised, systems integrated, and cultures aligned. The faster this process unfolds, the sooner the intended synergy benefits are realised.
Experience shows that integrations fail when Finance and IT are brought in too late, communication falls short, or the human side of change is underestimated. A hands-on integration leader who understands both the financial and operational dimensions is indispensable at this stage.
Are you facing an upcoming transaction or integration? An early conversation can prevent a great deal of work later.