About us

Wherever there is growth, there is need for energy, power, raw materials, infrastructure. Helping to meet those needs is a World in itself.

It is the World of Mammoet.

In this World, it is our purpose to lift, transport, install and decommission big objects so that our customers can grow and maintain their production capacities and infrastructures in the safest and most efficient ways possible.

We believe that our activities significantly help customers in their growing need for productivity and continuity, through creative engineering, careful planning and safe execution. For that, we continuously raise the standards of our profession.

Yet we also believe that our contribution stretches beyond engineered heavy lifting and transport. We are part of an industry that provides meaningful jobs to hundreds of thousands of people and significantly affects societies everywhere. We want our employees to enjoy their working lives and grow as professionals and persons. We want our performance to be in harmony with the communities we may work in and interact with. And we strive to, ultimately, eliminate any negative impact on the environments we operate in.

It is our contribution to a growing World.

Paul van Gelder

Chief Executive Officer

Paul van Gelder (1969) started his career in 1988 in the Royal Netherlands Navy. From 2004, he worked in the leadership of several companies active in the Oil & Gas industry, including BP, Nederlandse Gasunie and technical service provider Imtech. In 2016, Paul joined SHV, becoming a member of the board of Eriks. As of September 2017 he joined Mammoet’s Executive Board.

Jan Kleijn

Chief Operating Officer

Jan Kleijn (1968) joined Mammoet in 1997 as Manager Operations and Logistics. In 2000 he was appointed Director of Operations & Engineering for the European region. In 2001 he played a leading role in the technical team that successfully raised the Russian nuclear submarine The Kursk that had sunk in the Barents Sea after an explosion. From 2006 – 2011 Jan Kleijn was Managing Director of Mammoet USA, after which he became Chief Executive Officer of Mammoet Holding.

Kees Voormolen

Chief Financial Officer

Kees Voormolen (1962) has 30 years of experience in finance positions, mainly in the Oil & Gas industry. He held positions with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Royal Boskalis Westminster, Bluewater Energy (FPSOs) and lastly Doedijns Groep International, a company specialized in hydraulic power, motion and control. As of September 2017 Kees joined Mammoet’s Executive Board.

Ivonne Verlinde

Chief People Officer

Ivonne Verlinde (1972) started her career in 1995 working as an industrial engineer in international leadership roles in technical business-to-business settings, mostly for family owned companies. Her focus is working with teams to drive growth and performance improvement. She worked for Den Oudsten Bussen (bus manufacturer), Booz Allen Hamilton (strategy consultancy) and Pon Equipment and Pon Power (Caterpillar dealership). She joined SHV in 2015 as Chief Operating Officer for Eriks. As of July 2019 Ivonne joined Mammoet’s Executive Board.

Michael Birch

Chief Commercial Officer

Michael Birch (1969) has over 30 years’ experience in the heavy transport and lifting industry and was a Director of ALE for over 20 years. Michael has a wealth of experience covering worldwide business growth in developing markets with responsibility for global projects and a record-breaking fleet of cranes. As of January 2020, he joined Mammoet’s Executive Board.

Shared drive moves Mammoet. The Mammoet team is made up of a group of dynamic and diverse individuals – individuals from different countries, cultures and backgrounds. We share a strong bond that arises out of shared principles: integrity and loyalty and a shared drive:

Love the work

Working at Mammoet is not just any other job. Here people share a deep commitment to the work they do and a desire to excel by building craftsmanship and dedicating their talents. We love the challenges of the industry and the equipment that comes with it. Across all disciplines, ages and cultures, one common theme is that we all have a sense of belonging to something bigger than ourselves; something that moves us.

Results count

We are willing to take on tremendous challenges. Our desire is to achieve things that nobody believed possible. For us, it is not just about accepting the challenge, but about delivering the desired results. We go the extra mile, and then the extra inch. Whether in safety performance, or bringing down environmental impact, in building teams, in getting a contract, or executing the job, in making a profit, it is the result that always counts. We move for results.

Take care

People, communities and the environment require care. We make safety a top priority, always and everywhere, so that after a day’s work everybody can return home unharmed. We treat people fair, with clear feedback and rewards for results. We contribute to the communities that we work in. From our position as an industry leader we will actively contribute to sustainability, in our own company, with suppliers and with customers. We move with care.

Perform as a team

Our customers demand excellent performance; and so do we. We believe excellent performance can only be achieved through team effort. Everybody is expected to take his role in the team and bring maximum contribution. In a team, diversity drives performance; people build on each other’s strengths and step up to compensate shortcomings. We move as one.

Be responsible

Mammoet is a big international company. This position brings the responsibility to set standards and drive development. In this company, everybody has a job to do. With each job come specific responsibilities. Everybody has to stand for his work and ensure it meets industry and Mammoet standards. Jointly we are responsible for a sustainable future of our company. We expect people to speak up when it is for the benefit of the company. We expect others to listen and act if required. We step up and take responsibility; we move.

1966

The Van Seumeren Kraanbedrijf crane rental business was founded. The family business would be pivotal in the growth and professionalization of the global market for heavy lifting and transport.

1971

The companies Gebroeders Goedkoop and Van Wezel merged to former Mammoet Transport, the following year acquiring Stoof Breda, one of the leading Dutch heavy transport companies.

1983

Mammoet develops a revolutionary container-sized Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT), now widely used industry-standard equipment.

ALE was founded by Roger Harries. A majority of its work was undertaken from Hixon, UK, providing transport and heavy lifting to the conventional power generation sector.

1992

ALE opened a branch in Abu Dhabi, serving the oil gas, and power industries in the UAE. It would later establish key engineering innovation hubs in Breda and Madrid. 

2001

Mammoet raised the Russian nuclear submarine wreck Kursk, using over 3,000t of tailor-made equipment.

2004

ALE transported Concorde GBOAA from London to Scotland using SPMTs and a multi-purpose barge.

2008

ALE launched the world's largest capacity land-based crane at the time, the SK190, which would go on to spawn the SK350 and SK10,000, with capacities of 5,000t and 10,000t respectively. 

2011

The Mega Jack was launched. This system changed construction in the offshore industry, and holds the record for heaviest lift at 43,475t.

2017

ALE makes its last acquisition - of Dutch offshore services firm Conbit - growing to its final size, employing around 1,800 people across 40 branches worldwide.

2018

ALE completed a string of high-profile projects: the UK's heaviest crane lift at Earl's Court, London; the launch of the RSS Sir David Attenborough and roof installation at Mordavia Arena, 2018 FIFA World Cup venue.

The SHV Groups, (SHV Energy, Makro, Mammoet, ERIKS, Nutreco, NPM Capital and ONE-Dyas) are active in 58 countries. The decentralised organisation ensures the diversified businesses can operate close to their customers and maintain loyal customer relationships.

The 55,000 people of SHV are at the heart of the organisation and embody its values, support the culture and build the company’s success. SHV’s most important values are integrity and trust. Integrity means being honest, genuine and totally open in communications about all matters which concern the company. SHV trusts its people to put their best effort into working for the company, its progress and achieving success within their capabilities and in line with the SHV values.

The corporate philosophy outlines the shared values, ensuring every employee, customer and supplier knows what SHV stands for.

For more information about the SHV Family of Companies, visit the website www.shv.nl