As Head of Corporate Industry Participation Management for Rheinmetall AG, Jozef van Gemert is responsible for the execution of Rheinmetall’s worldwide Industry Participation programs. In addition, Jozef van Gemert leads Rheinmetall’s international Industry Participation Team,
comprising of 12 Industry Participation professionals, advises Rheinmetall Defence Business divisions on Industry Participation related issues and reports to the Rheinmetall AG Board at Headquarters in Duesseldorf. Jozef van Gemert joined Rheinmetall AG in 2007.
During 1994–2006, Jozef van Gemert was part of the offset team of Lucent Technologies/AT&T. He acquired his first experiences in offset programs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1994 as a result of AT&T winning a USD 4 billion GSM mobile network program that included a 35% offset obligation. During his Lucent/AT&T episode, Jozef van Gemert widened his experience in offset programs in most NATO countries, RSA, Middle East and Far East.
Prior to joining Lucent/AT&T, Jozef van Gemert started his career in 1986 as Export Manager for the Eastern European market with Peja Export B.V., the international Trading Division of Stork N.V., The Netherlands. He gained experience in marketing and selling capital equipment in challenging markets and actively pursued countertrade transactions with Eastern European clients.
Jozef van Gemert has a MBA (drs.) of the Open University, The Netherlands.
