Inspired by creative business opportunities and with progressive business modelling and structuring, successfully attract strategic partners and resources for successful implementation of viable projects. Have the passion to mentor businesses to reach their full potential and be able to use their team and systems to work for them.

Enterprise Development:

Q Blue Business Development has more than 30 years’ experience in enterprise development with turn-around strategies and business advice through Bakker the managing member.                                                                                                                                            

University of Potchefstroom (SBAB)

University of Potchefstroom, Small Business Advisory Bureau, 8 years of business advise to industrialist with business analysis and turnaround strategies.

Gazankulu Development Corporation

During the services to Gazankulu Development Corporation Bakker support industrialist and facilitate green field projects in Gazankulu.

Trade and Investment Limpopo

Bakker was heading the project division within Trade and Investment Limpopo for 12 years with the responsibility to attract new investment towards Limpopo in the four main sectors namely Mining, Agriculture, Tourism and Manufacturing sectors. 

Contact European Commission

Bakker Consult signed a contract with European Commission to identify sustainable and viable projects with strategic partners and BEE participation under the Limpopo LED program. More than eighty projects were identified and funded of which 46 projects are studies and 35 projects are implementation projects with a total value of R144m. The actions involved in were to actively market the LED Program and generate more than 100 applications for funding. Assisted applicants with compiling Logical Frameworks in the EU format and facilitate the total application process.  To over sees the implementation of these projects and ensures that the projects are sustainable after the project implementation.

Experience  Projects:

Q Blue Business Development has the relevant experience in the agricultural sector with developing and facilitating various financial models and implementation of projects.

Qualifications:

André Hugo Bakker (CEO)

Dipl. Business Management - Technical College PTA  1984

B-com Business Economics – Univ. of Potchefstroom for CHE  1988

Advance Financial Management – Wits Business School 1997

Executive Development Program – Wits Business School 2002

Business Growth, Recovery and Turnaround Strategy  Univ. Pretoria  2006