Kees Berends

Dr Kees Berends is a visiting faculty member at RSM and an independent consultant and legal mediator. He worked at Royal Dutch Shell for over 25 years, as project manager, contracts manager, and during the last 10 years as general manager with global accountability for contracting strategies, contract management, claims and assurance of major projects. His academic work has been published in premier international journals. He completed his PhD on contracting economics for large engineering and construction projects at Delft University of Technology, and holds an MBA from Henley Business School and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University Eindhoven.