Pierre Claes was born in Neerpelt Belgium on the 27th of May 1953. Has a degree in Mechanical engineering and was thoroughly trained by DAF Trucks on all aspects of production and assembly engineering, is creative, self-starting and result-oriented.
As a meticulous astute engineer with over 30 years of experience in commercial buses for the African / Asian continent in the specialties of assembling, developing, and adapting products, after-sales and sales.
He distinguishes himself by establishing global transactions with governmental grant projects and business development, creating a strong relationship with the government and manufacturers for a commercial bus project. With his vast exposure to the international market network, He strongly develops, designs, and builds relationships in the African Continent with Governments, importers, assembly plants, project owners and customers on all levels.
Pierre as an engineer was involved in developing an innovative production concept when he was working with DAF Trucks and Buses factory manufacturing and troubleshooting new production lines as a CKD engineer in several CKD assembling projects in Belgium, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Portugal, Thailand, including factory layout projects, material management and computerized detailed material management.