Robert VanHees has overall responsibility for financial operations including corporate finance, shared services, risk management, payroll, treasury and tax.

VanHees joined Corporate Express in 1995 as Regional Control Manager. He was named North American Financial Reporting Manager in 1997 and Finance Manager, Western Group and Western Group Controller in 1998. In 1999, VanHees was appointed Region Vice President, Finance and promoted to CFO Corporate Express Europe in February 2005. VanHees became Senior Vice President, CFO for Corporate Express US in September 2006.

Prior to joining Corporate Express, VanHees served as a Senior Associate at Coopers & Lybrand. He holds a B.A. in Accounting and an MBA from Michigan State University.