Solo Group
Interim FP&A leadership focused on planning, performance management, integration and financial steering.
Operator first
CFO Excellence is not a firm that places other CFOs. It is Erik's own platform for selected interim CFO, finance transformation and CFO-level mandates. The proposition is therefore straightforward: the experience described on the site is the experience you engage.
Erik works best where ambition and pressure meet: after an acquisition, during rapid growth, through a performance reset, in a CFO transition or when the finance function itself needs transformation.
The common thread is translating strategy into financial control, management cadence and measurable action.
Operating context
Landal / Roompot
Interim Finance Director for Business Control & Value Creation in a major integration environment.
HousingAnywhere
Finance, Legal and IT leadership with EBITDA transformation, financing, M&A support and finance-platform professionalisation.
Danone & Mars
Global commercial finance, data/digital, productivity, supply chain, manufacturing and FP&A in multi-billion organisations.
How Erik works
Erik combines board-level judgement with hands-on depth. A value-creation discussion can move directly into forecast assumptions, pricing/mix, headcount, cash conversion or the design of the board pack.
The style is direct and analytical: first clarify the economic drivers and risks, then owners and cadence, then the systems and processes needed to make the improvement durable.
Independent profile references
- CFO.nl covered Erik's appointment as HousingAnywhere CFO and his prior Danone and Mars finance roles.
- HousingAnywhere published the CFO appointment directly.
- Malt carries an external professional profile covering CFO Excellence, Landal / Roompot, HousingAnywhere and selected outcomes.
Summary for CEOs, boards and executive search
Erik Gruwel is a Netherlands-based interim CFO and Group CFO operator with experience across PE-backed value creation, EBITDA improvement, cash and financing, FP&A, business control, finance transformation, M&A integration and board-level performance management.