Management Drives acquires Grupo Gestionet and expands international presence and product suite
Grupo Gestionet, based in Bilbao, Spain, becomes part of the Dutch company Management Drives. This acquisition strengthens its international position and offers the opportunity to accelerate innovative digital solutions for clients and partners.
Zeist (Netherlands) – Bilbao (Spain), 12 July 2024 – Management Drives, the leading Dutch company in the field of leadership development, today announced that it has acquired Grupo Gestionet, a Spanish software development company in the field of talent management. With this strategic acquisition, Management Drives expands its suite of assessment tools to map competencies and state-of-the-art learning platforms and business simulators, where behaviour is trained, and new knowledge is embedded. The new combination offers a strong and unique product offering for their clients.
Grupo Gestionet is known for its innovative products and projects around talent development, with a strong focus on gamification techniques. Through this acquisition, Management Drives can offer benefits from Grupo Gestionet’s extensive knowledge and experience of gamification and business simulation.
Management Drives has a global network of certified partners and successfully operates in Europe, North America, Africa, Mexico, China and Singapore. Their experience and presence in international markets provides a solid platform for the expansion of innovative digital solutions together with Grupo Gestionet. At the same time, in the new combination, Management Drives gains a long-awaited footprint in Spain and LATAM, where Gestionet has a strong brand.
The combined company has unique software capabilities that measure, train and embed both drives, behaviour and competences. This unique proposition is part of Management Drives’ international growth strategy and is changing the way organisations optimise their employee journey. The integration will strengthen the capacity to offer breakthrough solutions in the HR market and contributes to the growth and success of our (future) clients and partners. The coming period will be dedicated to release the new products to the clients in the different geographical territories.
Besides, the Basque company’s Bilbao office will become Management Drives’ technological innovation centre. This centre will house the core R&D activities, which will focus on creating cutting-edge technological solutions in the field of learning & development. Grupo Gestionet will continue its operations independently under its current brand name, while retaining its own DNA and culture, and further expand with the Management Drives product suite.
“We are delighted to welcome Grupo Gestionet to our family and look forward to our collaboration,” says Stephan van der Vat, CEO of Management Drives. “Bringing Grupo Gestionet in-house and adding their unique technical capabilities to our core business is definitely going to strengthen the international growth we are experiencing.”
Nick van Schijndel, CTO of the new combination, adds: “With Gestionet’s software development team and innovative products, we are taking an accelerated step towards achieving our SaaS North Star around drives, competencies and behaviour. By combining the strengths of both companies, we can innovate faster and respond better to the needs of our clients.”
“We work with a very driven team of software developers and consultants and see a very good opportunity with this acquisition to work with Management Drives to leverage our unique digital knowledge to make human resource products scalable,” says Juan De Miguel, founder of Grupo Gestionet. “The potential of our combined capabilities is enormous and allows us to jointly create the most advanced solutions for our current and future clients and serve them with even better solutions.”
About Management Drives
For 25 years, Management Drives has specialised in improving collaboration, leadership and organisational development based on the Management Drives methodology. The company offers unique software that provides insight into the drives of individuals and teams, helping organisations better understand and develop their staff. With more than 4,000 certified licensees in over 70 countries and offices worldwide, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, China, Singapore, and now Spain, Management Drives delivers cutting-edge solutions for organisational growth and success.
About Grupo Gestionet
Grupo Gestionet is a Spanish company founded in 2001 and a pioneer in the use of gamification and business simulation in technological innovation in areas such as talent management. Grupo Gestionet operates in Spain, Colombia, Mexico and parts of South America. The company is very successful in (further) developing digital innovation and finding the best digital solutions with technology.
Meer informatie
Name: Stephan van der Vat
Function: CEO
Company name: Management Drives
Telephone number: +31 (0)30 635 54 00
E-mail address: s.vandervat@managementdrives.com
Website: www.managementdrives.com / www.gestionet.net