Niels Boon

Chief Financial Officer at itembase, Inc. Responsible for Finance, HR and other operations.

Previously Head of Strategic Finance at Zalando and Strategy Consultant at McKinsey & Company.

** Head of Strategic Finance at Zalando **

Zalando, founded in late 2008, is an online fashion retailer (mainly shoes and apparel) active in 14 European markets. It expanded into seven of those markets during 2012

Zalando is the fastest European company ever to reach €1bn in net annual sales. Just 4 years after its foundation it more than doubled net sales from €510m to €1.15bn during 2012 and has become the 2nd largest e-commerce company in the world excluding China

Niels founded and expanded the Strategic Finance department (9 FTE), leading high profile Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance projects, especially in the areas of Profitability Management, Working Capital Management, Corporate Finance, Investor Relations, and Competitive Intelligence

** Strategy Consultant at McKinsey & Company **

Strategy Consultant with a focus on Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance. Broad experience working in international teams in various countries serving senior clients from different industries

Functional experience primarily focused around Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance: Capital Market Diagnostics, Corporate and Business Unit Strategy, Due Diligence, Investor Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pre-merger management, Pricing, Valuation

Industry experience includes: Banking and Securities, Chemicals, Consumer Goods, Insurance (non-life), Oil & Gas (refining), Pharmaceuticals, Telecom, Travel & Logistics

Typically worked in international teams from base locations including Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. I predominantly work in English, but also conducted both internal and client meetings in Dutch, German, and Spanish