Netherlands
Hands-on, business-focused CIO who connects, transforms, simplifies and delivers. Passionate about helping organisations navigate growth, complexity and change by building scalable IT capabilities, high-performing teams and strong leadership. Combines strategic thinking with a pragmatic execution mindset and a strong focus on people, culture and business outcomes. Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic and international environments where Business, Technology and Leadership come together. Academic background in International Business Administration.
Led the transformation and professionalisation of the regional IT function with a focus on strategy, operating model, IT landscape, governance and capabilities required to support rapid business growth, increasing operational complexity and large-scale transformation initiatives. Key achievements: - Defined and executed a multi-year IT strategy and transformation roadmap aligned with business growth objectives and long-term operational requirements. - Delivered complex, mission-critical customer-centric projects enabling new and existing customers operate and optimise their supply chains. - Redesigned the regional IT operating model, introducing governance, portfolio management and prioritisation frameworks that improved transparency, strategic alignment and delivery performance. - Built and matured key IT capabilities including PMO, Service Management, Commercial IT and Vendor Management, creating a scalable and business-focused IT function. - Assessed and optimised the technology landscape, leading strategic initiatives covering cloud adoption, enterprise application modernisation, digital innovation and legacy system retirement. - Delivered Established architecture principles, technology standards and governance processes to improve scalability, reduce complexity and support sustainable growth. - Partnered with executive leadership, operational stakeholders, customers and strategic suppliers to ensure technology investments delivered measurable business outcomes. - Led organisational change, talent development and leadership coaching initiatives, strengthening team capability and supporting successful transformation adoption. - Improved business satisfaction with IT, significantly enhancing stakeholder confidence, service quality and operational effectiveness. - Ensured stable and secure IT operations across 50+ customer-centric operational sites and 1,500+ users.
- Drive digital transformation. - Deliver IT projects, operational stability, operating model, IT governance.
- Define IT strategy. - Guide transformation.
- Defined global IT strategy in line with business objectives. - Established global IT organization with focus on standardisation and improved IT services to the business globally. - Adopted digital platforms in co-creation with suppliers and start-ups.
Managed DHL’s global strategic supply chain solution.
- IT transformation. Reduced IT complexity by simplifying landscape, organisation, and sourcing model. - Delivered complex Business & IT projects (customer implementations, continuous improvement, innovation) - Realised strong increase in business satisfaction scores, employee opinion, staff reduction, cost savings.