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Rutger Koelewijn
Accountant / Business Advisor
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: rkoelewijn@kcaccounting.nl
Rutger Koelewijn MSc RA CIA
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).
Inna Akimova
Assistant Accountant
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: Iakimova@kcaccounting.nl
Inna Akimova
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.
Andrey Loponov
Accounting Director
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: aloponov@kcaccounting.nl
Andrey Loponov MSc
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.
Klaas Maarten van Slooten
Accountant / Business Advisor
Office: +31 20 3330130
Email: kmvanslooten@kcaccounting.nl
Klaas Maarten van Slooten AA RB
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Irina Nikitina
Office: +31 20 3330130
Email: inikitina@kcaccounting.nl
Irina Nikitina MSc
Irina graduated in Accounting and Audit at the State University of Management, Moscow (Russia).
Prior to KC Accounting, Irina has 17 years of experience in accounting and finance in Russia and the Netherlands. Before joining KC Accounting Irina was a Financial Specialist for Zeppelin Russland.
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
Accounting Manager
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: pcrous@kcaccounting.nl
Pieter Crous CA (SA)
Pieter Crous graduated at the University of Stellenbosch (BAccHons) and qualified as Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Prior to joining KC Audit as Senior Manager, Pieter worked as an auditor in South Africa and The Netherlands, amongst others at Deloitte and ABN AMRO. Pieter’s expertise lies in auditing companies in various sectors of the economy and specialises in the financial services sector. Pieter’s skill set includes strong practices of accounting and external audit, taxation, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS for SMEs, Dutch GAAP and International Standards on Auditing (ISA).
He enjoys running and outdoor activities. He is married with 2 children.
Harro Ridt
Dutch GAAP / IFRS Expert
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: hridt@kcaccounting.nl
Harro Ridt RA
Harro Ridt has worked at KPMG Audit for over 20 years. He started at KPMG as youngest assistant. Ultimately, as senior manager, he was responsible for the coordination of an international audit team for one of Europe’s largest financial groups. In these years, he has gained experienced in almost all industries and worked for KPMG in the Netherlands, Belgium and Czech Republic.
In 1999, Harro qualified as Register Accountant (Certified Public Auditor) and from that moment on has been registered as a Chartered Accountant (RA) with the Dutch Institute of Charted Accountants (NBA).
After he left KPMG, Harro has worked 8 years with Ageas, the largest insurance group of Belgium and part of the Bel20 share-index. At Ageas, Harro has set up the Risk Management and Prudential reporting for the group. Harro has advised many companies on issues of Risk Management, Compliance and Accounting.
Bianca Kotze
Assistant Accountant
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: bkotze@kcaccounting.nl
Bianca Kotze BAcc FAc
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.
André Huysamer
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: ahuysamer@kcaccounting.nl
André Huysamer BAcc PGDAccSc
André Huysamer is a graduate from the University of Stellenbosch (Bachelor of Accounting) and the University of South Africa (Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences). He started his career by completing his articles at Moore Stellenbosch (formerly known as Moore Stephens).
Upon completion of his articles, he worked as a senior associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He got promoted to the position of assistant manager, before being recruited by one of his assurance clients to take up a position outside of accounting practice.
André then worked in the agricultural industry for the next few years (with specific focus on table grape production and exports). He started out as a financial accountant in the group’s management company, and he progressed to the position of financial manager within the first year. He was then approached to oversee the accounting- and financial function of the group’s export and marketing company.
Seeking a new challenge and keen to broaden his international horizons, André accepted an offer to join the KC Accounting team.
Siebe Lutgendorff
Office: +31 20 3330130
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Cristina Russu
Office: +31 20 3330130
Email: crussu@kcaccounting.nl
Cristina Russu
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.
Ecaterina Balica
Office: +31 20 3330130
Email: ebalica@kcaccounting.nl
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Assistant Accountant
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: newbusiness@kcaccounting.nl
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Oksana Repnikova
Management Assistant
Office: +31 20 333 0130
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Pieter Hallebeek
Compliance Officer / KYC
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: complianceofficer@kclegal.nl
Pieter Hallebeek
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.
Mark Jedski
Finance Controller
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Rianne Rijnja
Office Manager
Office: +31 20 3330130
Email: office@kclegal.nl
Rianne Rijnja
Rianne Rijnja has obtained a degree in Social Arts, specifically in Theatre Science. During her studies in Leiden in Theatre Science she was active member of her Student Association, and eventually became head of the Board of her Student Association.
After the completion of her studies, Rianne worked as an event manager with a variety of famous Caterers, and for large Annual Events like Tefaf and ABN World Wide Tennis Tournament. For the last 5 years Rianne worked as a Senior Event Manager at the National Maritime Museum.
In 2022 Rianne switched careers to Office Management and started at KC Accounting in November. As Office Manager, Rianne is the executive in-charge and organizes and controls the office in such a manner that all the service functions are performed efficiently and effectively via a range of administrative, clerical, financial and managerial tasks.
Ceriel Coppus
Director
Office: +31 20 333 0130
Email: ccoppus@kclegal.nl
Ceriel Coppus
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”.
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