CEO / COO / Board Candidate
Michel
Tzsfaldet
Operating leadership for technology and industrial businesses at a point of change.
Michel Tzsfaldet works with businesses navigating institutional growth, governance, international expansion and operating complexity across Europe and the Gulf.
Now available for permanent and interim executive and commercial leadership roles, selected enterprise sales and business development positions, and board or advisory appointments.
EUR 19M
Annual turnover in enterprise IT
#1
Microsoft Surface partner in the Benelux
45
Person export division built from zero
DIFC
Board chair 2024–2026
Mandate fit
Where Michel is most useful.
Institutional growth
Long-cycle B2B commercialisation in regulated and complex buyer environments.
Operating reset
Full operating leadership where capital, team, customer and delivery decisions need to reconnect.
International expansion
A practical operating bridge between European businesses and Gulf market realities.
Board judgment
Technology, governance, capital discipline and cross-border execution in one profile.
The short version
From an export desk to founding companies at the edge of deep tech.
I started in export sales, built a 45-person division, then established an enterprise-IT business with EUR 19 million annual turnover and the largest Microsoft Surface partnership in the Benelux. I founded Tekle Holographics in 2021 and led it as CEO until 30 September 2026. I also chaired its DIFC joint venture in Dubai from April 2024 until 30 September 2026. Now available to help you achieve your growth and business goals.
Recognition
Vouched for by institutions, not adjectives.
The proof here is institutional. Michel’s work has been featured by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the REAIM 2023 summit, presented to H.M. Queen Máxima on a Dutch economic mission to California, and covered by S&P Global and the BBC World Service.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Quoted in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s analysis of CES 2022.
BBC World Service, Business Daily
Featured on the BBC World Service programme Business Daily.
Rijksoverheid, REAIM 2023
Featured by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the REAIM 2023 summit on responsible AI in the military domain.
Board-level leadership, proven in institutional markets.