Mr. Heijs’s notable assignments include full human resources (HR) due diligence on the engineering materials business of DSM for an undisclosed international buyer, as well as the divestments of Lumileds (Apollo Global Management), Signify, and Versuni (Hillhouse Capital Group) from Philips. He has been involved in more than 200 vendor due diligence procedures on different transactions for multiple international private equity firms. He was responsible for HR due diligence, value creation services, and post-merger integration strategy for an international electronics company expanding to Europe. Mr. Heijs has worked with clients across various industries, including energy and resources, consumer business, public services, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and media, and transportation. He serves both corporate clients and international private equity funds.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Heijs spent 15 years in the Financial Advisory practice of Deloitte in Amsterdam, where he most recently served as Director. Mr. Heijs was responsible for the HR M&A offering with a focus on HR due diligence, rewards, and pensions, and he participated in the EMEA leadership team to bring all HR M&A capabilities together. 

Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Heijs was involved in academic research. He contributed to the writing of the Harvard Business School case study The Dutch Flower Cluster (HBS Case 711-507, published by Harvard Business Review in March 2011 and revised in November 2013), authored by Professors Michael E. Porter, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo, and Fred van Eenennaam.

Mr. Heijs earned an MBA from the University of Twente, Netherlands and an executive master’s degree in finance and control from TIAS School for Business and Society in Tilburg, Netherlands. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Controllers in the Netherlands and is a Certified Pension Advisor in the Netherlands.