a:12:{s:2:"id";s:2:"14";s:12:"cms_headline";s:12:"Jos De Smedt";s:4:"name";s:12:"Jos De Smedt";s:5:"title";s:14:"Financial Lead";s:5:"image";s:0:"";s:7:"content";s:869:"<p>Jos De Smedt joins Botaneco with more than 20 years&rsquo; experience in the finance, accounting, auditing and management consulting industry. Working in the Audit and Business Advisory Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels, Belgium and Montreal and Calgary, Canada with senior manager responsibilities for major audit engagements and financial due diligence assignments, Jos went on to become a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada in 1998. Jos became increasingly involved with providing consulting services mainly in the areas of strategy, process reengineering, restructuring, system implementations and project management for finance and accounting related initiatives. In 2008, Jos made a career change joining a start-up exploration and development company as the Chief Financial Officer and later the Chief Executive Officer in 2012.&nbsp;</p>";s:10:"cms_active";s:1:"1";s:11:"cms_deleted";s:1:"0";s:9:"cms_draft";s:1:"0";s:11:"cms_created";s:19:"2016-01-18 07:44:47";s:12:"cms_modified";s:19:"2016-01-18 07:44:47";s:20:"cms_modified_by_user";s:1:"8";}