* We are KC Accounting

Andrey Loponov graduated in Finance Economics at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. From 2006 Andrey worked at EY, KPMG, Mechel in Russia and at X5 Retail Group N.V. in the Netherlands and per November 2018 he joined KC Legal.

Andrey is head of the Accounting Department where he is responsible for preparing supervising and reviewing of complex Dutch GAAP and IFRS financial statements. He also advises clients on complex accounting issues.

Inna Akimova graduated in Economy at the Economic High School in Odessa (with Cum Laude diploma). She also holds a bachelor’s degree in East European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Inna started her career as financial assistant and later as accountant in Riga, Latvia. After moving to The Netherlands in 1994, she worked in several administrative and financial positions at The Amsterdam Trade Bank and several other companies in the financial industry. Before joining KC Accounting Inna was an Assistant Accountant for different companies of the Kardan group.

Inna has an extensive experience in a variety of fields, including financial administration and accounting and speaks English, Dutch and Russian.

In her current position as Assistant Accountant with KC Accounting she is responsible for the daily bookkeeping, accounting and financial reporting of our international clients.

Bianca completed a Bachelor of Accounting Science in Financial Accounting from the University of South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.

Prior to KC Accounting, Bianca has 4 years of experience in accounting and finance in South Africa. Her previous experience plus her current daily involvement in accounting and reporting services support her well in the different accounting and reporting engagements at KC Accounting.

Pieter Crous graduated at the University of Stellenbosch and qualified as Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Pieter worked as an auditor in South Africa and The Netherlands, amongst others at Deloitte and ABN AMRO. His work experience includes clients in the financial services industry and in the general business practice.

Pieter joined KC Accounting as Client Manager where he is responsible for preparing, supervising and reviewing of complex Dutch GAAP and IFRS financial statements.

Rutger Koelewijn graduated in Business Economics at the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam. He started his career as an external auditor at EY Amsterdam office, EY London office and EY Willemstad / Curacao office, respectively, where he worked for more than ten years in the financial industry (banks and insurance companies) and in the general business practice.

He then worked for more than ten years as CFO with a large international wholesale and retail company in the food industry in the Caribbean and as Managing Director Finance and Operations of both an onshore bank and an offshore bank in Curacao, respectively.

In the last ten years before joining, Rutger worked as an accountant and advisor with a large accounting firm in The Netherlands rendering accountancy and business advisory services to small and medium sized companies, entrepreneurs and professionals.

Rutger has held several Supervisory Directorships with companies and foundations in miscellaneous fields of industry and is therefore well known with corporate governance structures.

Rutger has a long in-depth experience in rendering auditing, accounting and business advisory services to both international and Dutch clients and has broad experience with corporate governance. Rutger specializes in corporate structuring and other business advisory services.

Rutger holds a master in Business Economics and is further registered with the Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants (NBA) as a Dutch ‘RegisterAccountant’ (RA) and with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as an Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Christina is a highly motivated and detail-driven graduate with practical work experience as a Junior Accountant. She is skilled in data processing and analysis, and provides support to the entire KC Accounting team. She completed a Bachelor in Economic Sciences, Accounting Qualification from the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova.

Hana completed a Master course in Finance and Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Currently, she is following the Postmaster program in Accountancy at Nyenrode Business University, with the objective to become a Dutch Chartered Accountant (RA) in a few years.

Prior to KC Accounting, Hana has 5 years of experience in accounting and finance in Vietnam. Her previous experience plus her current daily involvement in accounting and reporting services support her well in the different accounting and reporting engagements at KC Accounting.

Pieter studied Law in Amsterdam. He started his career at Baker & McKenzie and subsequently worked for more than 15 years in the financial industry at Intertrust. In 2017 he started with a co-founder Regulatory Lab which developed a software platform especially for law and tax firms to simplify and improve onboarding of clients and compliance with AML legislation.

Pieter has experience in compliance, writing office policy, contact with regulators, training and “client experience”. Throughout his career, he has seen the change in regulation: from limited rules to today’s complex, risk-based approach. In various positions, Pieter has developed a clear vision of compliance and client acceptance – from the perspective of the institution, but also from the perspective of the regulator and the client. As expert, Pieter is regularly approached by law and tax firms to help think about a variety of compliance issues.

Seerp Gratama, graduated from the University of Utrecht in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in Dutch Law and a Master’s degree in International Tax Law. After an internship at both KPMG and Loyens & Loeff, he joined Loyens & Loeff in Amsterdam, a leading law firm in the Netherlands. He was involved in the field of international corporate restructuring for large multinationals, private equity firms and real estate funds. In 2012, he switched to the Dutch corporate services provider market and joined Intertrust in April 2013.

Whilst heading a North America team within Intertrust, Seerp became an expert in the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (“Wwft”) and Supervision of Trust Offices Act (“WTT”) as well as Know Your Client (“KYC”) measures in general. In 2020 Seerp founded Athemis, a company specialized in anti-money laundering (AML) solutions and provides (part-time) compliance officers to various organizations within the Netherlands.

At KC Accounting, Lotte works as Office Manager and in her position, she manages the day to day office operations and supports the team where necessary.

Ceriel Coppus graduated in Tax Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He started his career at Deloitte where he worked in the international tax practice and the international M&A practice.

Ceriel has an in-depth experience in multinational group restructurings and joint venture investments. Ceriel has a profound knowledge of cross border investment structures and strengthened his international tax practice with a focus on the global reorganisations and private equity transactions

Ceriel is a member of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors (NOB), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Ceriel is the Dutch contributor to Lexis Nexis publication “International Corporate Procedures”.