Marco van den Berg

Global Business Technology & Transformation Leader | Driving Enterprise Innovation & Strategic Partnerships Across Life Sciences & FMCG

Woking, England, United Kingdom

About

Global Business Technology & Transformation Leader with over 25 years’ cross-industry experience delivering enterprise innovation across Life Sciences and FMCG. Renowned for shaping strategic vision and aligning global technology initiatives with business priorities to directly advance commercial capabilities, strengthen customer engagement, and drive market growth. I build and lead high-performing teams through psychological safety, mentorship, and evolving mindsets to embrace change and enable business capabilities. My leadership influence extends to both Business and Technology Executive Leadership Teams, where I collaborate with senior stakeholders to steer enterprise-scale solutions that blend operational excellence with measurable commercial and strategic impact. Passionate about leveraging emerging technologies, data-driven insights, and cross-cultural collaboration, I create scalable strategies that deliver lasting value in dynamic global markets.

Experience

  • AbbVie (Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head of Business Technology Solutions - Allergan Aesthetics International an Abbvie Division
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

      At the helm of the team driving commercial technology advancements at Allergan Aesthetics International an Abbvie Division, I lead a group of skilled professionals in developing innovative solutions across Sales, Customer Engagement, eCommerce, Digital and Marketing, Business Intelligence, and Education. Committed to cultivating great leaders, our focus extends beyond technology, fostering the continuous growth of our team. Through this blend of cutting-edge solutions and leadership development, we empower global customers and consumers to optimize experiences and achieve exceptional outcomes, embodying a commitment to excellence in both technology and leadership realms.

    • Senior Director Business Technology Solutions Europe at AbbVie
      Jul 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Break down barriers | Use data to drive value | Be agile and proactive | Get closer to patients | Innovate and continuously improve

    • Director Business Technology Solutions- Western Europe & Canada
      Jun 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Part of the business leadership team leading the business technology organization aligned with our WEC (Western Europe & Canada), JEMNA business and global marketing organization. In partnership with busines excellence and global stakeholder solutions, leading the transformation of our operating model and products that can drive value for our external stakeholders.

  • British American Tobacco (8 yrs 9 mos)
    • IT Transformation Lead
      Mar 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Transforming the provision of application and infrastructure services globally for British American Tobacco incl. accelerated drive to move into the cloud. Realising synergies in combing several services under a single vendor, focusing on business outcome and a consumption based commercial model.

    • Global Integration Lead
      Mar 2016 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr

      Completing the TaO transformation, BAT has laid the foundation and has now embarked on the next phase of business acquisitions and transformations spanning all Marketing, Operations and Corporate functions. Responsible for all System Integration and User Access Management we connect processes, data & systems. Furthermore we add value to the company as a natural facilitator by bringing different teams together and identifying inter-dependencies between Projects and Programmes.

    • TaO - Global Integration Lead
      Jun 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

      The Tao Programme is British American Tobacco's flagship business transformation initiative. The programme's scope covers a suite of SAP products (ERP, APO, Business Planning & Consolidation, Business Information, & Product Specification) as well as a new operating model and organisational design. This programme has a significant investment over a 5 year period and will transform the BAT organisation into a globally integrated organisation - offering significant benefits to the bottom line. Reporting to the TaO Head of Solution Delivery, I am responsible for all System Integration.

  • Director at Cerantis
    Nov 2004 - Jul 2010 · 5 yrs 9 mos

    CERANTIS LTD provides Strategy | Technology | Process expertise within the consumer goods industry.

  • Global Project Lead at Mars Inc - Masterfoods
    Dec 1999 - Nov 2004 · 5 yrs

    Global Project Lead on Sales CRM software implementations and business process redesign work.