Ruud Smeets is an experienced executive currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Feather Down Group since May 2024. Smeets has held various leadership roles across multiple industries, including as Industry Expert for Proptech, Fintech, Marketplaces, and Online Travel at AlphaSights since January 2020. Prior positions include Partner and interim-CEO at Custom Management, Managing Director Germany at Belvilla, Chief Operating Officer of OYO Europe, and CEO of Traum-Ferienwohnungen GmbH. Smeets has also contributed to Scout24 Group as Senior Vice President of Consumer Services and led ELEQT Group Limited as CEO for a decade. Early in the career, Smeets was the founding CEO of KPN IPTV and held significant roles at Yahoo!. Smeets holds an MBA in Business Economics from Maastricht University and is a certified (supervisory) board member from Governance Academy.
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