Centric

The entrepreneurial experience of Gerard Sanderink dates back to 1978, when he founded the software and staffing company ICT together with partner Hans Quellhorst. After growing this company to 400 employees, a difference in opinion led to Gerard Sanderink leaving ICT in 1991. In 1992, Gerard Sanderink established the foundation of what would grow to be the worldwide Centric holding that exists today. The autonomous growth and a number of strategic acquisitions have resulted in Centric becoming one of the largest Dutch IT companies. The Centric Holding company offers both product software as custom-made software, together with a large range of related services. Active in a wide variety of markets, of which central and local government are important customers, Centric is convinced that innovation is a key aspect of sustainable growth and success. The usefulness of the software, together with the focus on continuity and stability, is what binds Centric with its customers. With almost 5500 employees, and even more than 9500 when the engineering company Oranjewoud and the Finance (a financial services company) are included, Centric invests a lot in knowledge development, both internally as well as in collaboration with educational institutions and other companies. Centric IT services (the Centric Holding) operates from a large number of offices in the Netherlands and offices in Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Figures 18.1, 18.2 and 18.3 show the trend lines of the revenue, profit and employees growth of Centric. The extra lines toward the end of the figures represent the growth development with addition of Oranjewoud and Finance.