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Benelux CIO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CIOs in the Benelux community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today.
- Seizing momentum – influencing and leading the enterprise
- Thriving through uncertainty - empowering people and delivering value
- Advancing and scaling strategic, outcome-based technologies
Benelux CIO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the Benelux CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs
Allan Cockriel
Royal Dutch Shell
CIO - Global Functions / IRM, and CISO
Eelko van Leeuwen
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank NV
Global CIO
Members
René Botter
ASML
SVP & CIO
Xavier Bourgois
Barco
CIO
Kurt De Ruwe
Signify
CIO
Candice Dillon
VodafoneZiggo
CIO
Christopher Franskin
Cigna
IT Director Europe and Global Segments (EGS)
Kees Gerretse
Tata Steel Europe
CIO
Frank Hendrickx
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
CIO / Director IT
Femke Jacobs
Nationale-Nederlanden
Chief Information Technology Officer- Belgium
Leon Koppenol
Timing
CIO & CDO
Marcel Krom
PostNL
Chief Information Officer
Milan Kumar
WABCO Holdings
Global CIO
Guido Lemeire
Belgian Rail
CIO
Martin Lohmeier
Nexperia
VP & CIO
Ray Mennink
Plukon Food Group
IT Director
Filip Michiels
TUI
CIO
Jörg Müller
Atradius
CIO
Patrick Putman
Manuchar
CIO
Simon Rientsma
Waternet
CIO
Miao Song
Mars
Global CIO Petcare
Belinda Thompson
BDO
Global Head of IT
Caroline Van Rompuy
Agfa
CDIO
Wim Vanderpoorten
Allnex
Global IT Director
Vincent Vloemans
Perfetti Van Melle
Global CIO
Patricia de Lanlay
Aliaxis
Group CIO
Wim van Herwijnen
Maersk Logistics & Services
CIO
"This event is a must-attend for all IT professionals – to network and knowledge-share with others in the industry.”
Michael Smith, CIO
The Estee Lauder Companies
"This is an efficient way to get exposure to what is really going on in the local IT community to validate or dispute what your current strategies are.”
Bill Fortwangler, CIO
Dollar Bank
“Relevant topics, great networking opportunities and valuable discussions.”
Eelko van Leeuwen, Global cio
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank
Upcoming Events
In-person Programs
October 2021
Benelux CIO Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
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Virtual Programs
29 April 2021
Benelux CIO Virtual Boardroom
Crafting Your Organisation's Future - The CIO Vision
An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.
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October 7, 2021
Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit
A virtual gathering for CIOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.
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Content from your CIO peers
PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021
PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021
The Next Big Question, Episode 14
In this episode, we ask CIO Rob Zelinka of Jack Henry & Associates why change management is so hard for large organizations. We discuss change fatigue and the unrelenting pace of change, and Rob shares how communication and transparency can help business leaders crack the change management code.
LISTEN NOWBLOG | APRIL 5, 2021
BLOG | APRIL 5, 2021
Keep on Building and Trust the Process
Do you have a negative view of the word “process”? Head of IT Gary Allwood of ABP explains how good processes enable you to demonstrate improvements, manage change and show the value of what technology delivers. Read his 3 steps to a better process.
VIEW POSTBLOG | MARCH 31, 2021
BLOG | MARCH 31, 2021
Who’s Answering the Next Big Question? IT Leaders Anne Marie Richard & James Dudek
On The Next Big Question podcast, we interview C-level executives about a timely business question. Here are highlights from our conversation with CIO Anne Marie Richard & Organizational Strategist James Dudek of UC-Berkeley.
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