De Boer Group appoints Lucas Covers as Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lucas Covers (46) is to become the new Chief Executive Officer of the De Boer Group,  leading provider of temporary structures with its headquarters in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. Mr Lucas Covers will start on the 1st of September and succeeds Mr Peter Dekker, who will officially hand over his immediate management tasks and responsibilities and will stay on in the Management Board. 

With this appointment De Boer enters into a new phase of its continuous growth. Hugo Levecke,  Chairman of the Supervisory Board: ´´I have full confidence in the capabilities of Lucas Covers to lead the company and to establish further growth´´. 

Lucas Covers studied Industrial Design Engineering at the University of Delft. Before joining De Boer, Covers was Chief Marketing Officer of Philips Consumer Electronics in Amsterdam. Before, he worked as the CEO of the Business Group Home Networks of Philips Electronics in Paris. Covers lives with his wife and family in Amsterdam. 

About De Boer
De Boer Group is a leading international supplier of temporary accommodation for large events and festivals, storage purposes, airport baggage handling and supermarkets. De Boer was established in 1924 and is headquartered in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. The company now has offices in The Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain and Sweden. It employs more than 350 people internationally and during high season another 150 temporary workers are deployed. NPM Capital has been major shareholder since August 2005. 
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