Andries is the Vice President of Global Technical Services of Crawford & Company. After 15 years as an accountant and management consultant, Andries joined Crawford in 1998 as a senior adjuster in South Africa. In 2004, he was promoted to the position of managing director of operations in sub-Saharan Africa. He later served as vice president of quality and compliance for our global property and casualty business and in 2008 was appointed vice president, global strategy, projects and development, leading a wide variety of corporate, U.S. Property & Casualty and GTS planning efforts and projects.
A certified accountant with a number of professional examinations completed, Andries holds both master's and doctoral degrees in business administration from the Business School Netherlands, Buren, Netherlands. His post-graduate work focused on strategic planning issues in the knowledge worker environment.