Overview
Nick Haverals is a company director based in Antwerp. Since April 2026 he has been CEO of Finn HR and a board member of Purple Panda, the company he led as CEO from October 2017 to March 2026. He is also owner and chief architect of Safety Workwear Shop, a role he took up in January 2025, co-founder of BlackBear AI Labs since January 2023, and a board member of FeWeb since December 2023. He was CEO of EasyCatalog.be from January 2024 to March 2026, co-founder of Chunky AI from January 2023 to March 2026, CEO of Booky from January 2021 to March 2026, and president of ACE powered by UNIZO between September 2023 and December 2024.
Earlier he was chief marketing officer of Bideo, marketing manager at JLR Metropool, BMW Jorssen Noord & Zuid and MINI Antwerp Store South by Jorssen, digital development manager and bicycle mobility advisor at ADRIAENSSENS MANAGEMENT EN BEHEER HOLDING, and product and account manager at Carflow. He co-founded Uni-Cycle in September 2015, and held student and trainee positions at BMW Group, BMW Jorssen NV and AGO Jobs & HR.
Haverals studied industrial engineering and applied economics at the University of Antwerp, spent part of 2015 at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, and completed an MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology in 2022.
Career history
In the news
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- De leukste momentjes bij Finn HR zijn berichten als dit. Finn is een AI-recruitment start-up, maar die fancy stuff maakt in the end echt niets uit. Waar het om gaat is the end result. Wij helpen bedrijven personeel vinden. Sneller, makkelijker en economischer. Die AI stuff maakt dat mee mogelijk, maar is niet het eind doel. Ik heb altijd persoonlijk een soft spot gehad voor KMO ondernemers, echte mensen, echte business, no BS. Dus super fijn dat we op deze manier verder kunnen bijdragen in die markt 🇧🇪. Zelfs op moeilijkere
- Another 2 hires for TSA Safety Services! 🎉 Thanks Yannick for sharing the enthousiasme! Clearly Finn HR is doing its job - helping companies find the right talent (in this case, professions facing a shortage in the labor market)! Rik Van Kerckhoven
- Facebook comments is the new HLN comments. Deze stond eergisteren onder een filmpje dat mijn co-founder Rik maakte over Finn HR, gericht aan "de nieuwe generatie": "𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘦ë𝘯 𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯." Rik, chapeau dat je jezelf out there zet! Dit soort comments bewijst vooral dat je iets losmaakt. 𝐖𝐢𝐣 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐣𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐳𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐭.
- Oei wacht, voor de foto pakken we er een boek bij hé." Dat zei Guy toen we de eerste selfie namen. De tweede foto is al wat meer "af". GRINTA gaat over de balans tussen de Groep, het Individu en de Taak. Bij ons schuift die balans elke week. Vorige maand hadden Rik en ik drie weken lang alleen Taak. Sprint, release, demo's. Het Individu en de Groep stonden op pauze. Welke van de drie krijgt bij jullie structureel te weinig / te veel aandacht? PS: ik leerde deze zomer op LinkedIn dat het een trend is om te posten wat je leest.
- Met Erik Prieels last week! He had an incredible career as HR Director from Audi Brussels, tons of experience! → When he told me his story, I listened from the tip of my chair (I learned all about '𝘳𝘶𝘩𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘯'. → When he gave me feedback on Finn HR, I made sure my Plaud noted down everything! Thanks a lot Erik for the honesty and sharing your experience!
- If you'd told me a year ago that we would hold an official accreditation for "𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯", I would have called you crazy... But we got it. (proudly holding the accreditation for Wallonia and Brussels, for Flanders we follow the official guidelines) The "erkenning voor private arbeidsbemiddeling" means Finn HR can now officially match candidates with companies looking for workers. Not "send your CV and hope." A bricklayer or machine operator opens WhatsApp, and Finn suggests a job that
- Proud to work with these brands! 👇🏼
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