In 1992 founded De Vries Management Consultancy, dealing mainly with international M&A activities. He was involved in over 80 M&A transactions among which Fokker Aviation, Radio Holland Group, Falck Global Safety and Unique
Eddy holds board memberships in a.o. Gentiluomo International, De Boertien Group, Falck Global Safety, Phoenix and PiCompany..
Started his career with Cebelon, a multidisciplinary consultancy firm of which a was co-founder
Became CEO of ASB, a successful temporary help company, sold to Vendex, and was CEO of Vedior Holding, which under his leadership grew 8x in 5 years to €1,2 billion turnover.
In 1988 he started Flex Holding ,an international temporary help company which grew into €750 million and was sold to Randstad Holding.

Bachelor in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School
Jan has held senior management and CEO positions in large organizations (services, retail/logistics) with revival, commercial turnarounds and financial restructuring as the primary objectives.
Jan is a board member in Paradis Is A/S, Lighthouse-CPH A/S and chairman and shareholder in Reloop A/S.
Start ups and sell offs include free bikes for the public in Copenhagen financed through advertisements started in 1989, Ice cream manufacturing business and employee health provider.