About Antoon
Senior Data & AI expert with over 16 years of experience driving value through the complete lifecycle of data-driven transformation. I bring a unique and comprehensive perspective shaped by a highly diverse career that spans strategic advisory for C-suite executives, hands-on implementation consulting, and in-house management of complex data ecosystems.
A versatile expert who has navigated a broad spectrum of environments in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, financial, and public sectors. I specialize in translating specific business contexts and requirements into robust strategies, operating models, architectures and solutions. Highly effective at navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and driving large-scale change management to ensure sustainable adoption. I have a proven track record of managing, diverse, international project teams of up to 40 professionals, balancing subject matter expertise and guidance with a commitment to people development and building high-performing professional communities.
Dutch
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Lier (up to 50km)
Experience
- KPMGFreelance Director – Competence Lead "Data Management & Digital Governance"February 2025 - March 2026 (1 year and 1 month)As the lead of a 25-person strong team, and part of the KPMG Lighthouse leadership team, this role consists of several responsibilities:- Delivery & quality assurance: Provided oversight, expertise and support on delivery of client projects and client relationship management. Topics covered: Maturity assessment, vision & strategy, target operating model, data & AI governance, master data management, data quality, knowledge management, regulatory compliance, change management- Strategic leadership: Realized commercial revenue targets of €3m by shaping D&A(I) solutions and leading complex project negotiations. Contributing to the overall €10m KPMG Lighthouse target.- People development: Led and coached a 25-person competence team, balancing wellbeing, performance and alignment with evolving market demands.- Innovation: Drove thought leadership and service evolution through the exploration of AI (agents) and emerging technologies to create internal and client-facing accelerators.
- GartnerAssociate Director – Data, Analytics & AIMarch 2020 - January 2025 (4 years and 10 months)As a trusted advisor on strategic technology topics to senior executives this role consists of several responsibilities:- C-Suite advisory: Acted as a trusted sparring partner for C-level executives on D&A(I) vision, strategy, and operating models.- Account management: Build and maintain the long-term relationship with (potential) clients to look for new opportunities in the market.- Engagement management & delivery: Managed end-to-end delivery of multiple, parallel international engagements as the primary client point of contact. Topics covered: Maturity assessment, D&A(I) vision & strategy, D&A(I) operating model, D&A(I) governance, Solution architecture, selection & sourcing, change management, replacement of a core banking solution, IT reorganisation.
- TelenetData Transformation Manager – Business Information ArchitectMarch 2017 - February 2020 (2 years and 11 months)As the overarching data & information domain owner my responsibilities included:- Information architecture: Owned the data architecture, operating model, capability map and business processes focussing on data & analytics.- Data governance: For the entire organisation, defined and initiated the approach to Data Governance, and in parallel, owned the approach and adoption of GDPR.- Data vision & roadmap: Defined and executed a vision and rolling 3-year roadmap to realize "data as an asset" vision within the B2B department, in close collaboration with key business leaders.- CDO function: Contributed to the cross-company CDO team, reporting directly to the C-suite on company-wide data initiatives, owning a €6m annual budget.
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Education
- Bachelor & Master Business EngineeringKULeuven2010Bachelor & Master Business Engineering
- AgilePM – Agile Project Management: Foundation & Practitioner2015AgilePM – Agile Project Management: Foundation & Practitioner