Pierre Cattoir, European CIO practice leader, Egon Zhender International (Brussels) will talk about ‘the new breed of the CIO’.  Pierre is a core member of the Global Technology Practice Group and leads the CIO functional practice Group in Europe.

Pierre Cattoir has led senior level engagements for multinational clients across a broad spectrum of the technology and media landscape, with particular focus on software. Key clients have included HP, Microsoft, Philips & SAP. He also sits on the Board of the largest web media company in Belgium eMakina. Pierre holds a MS Engineering degree in Applied Mathematics (University of Louvain-la-Neuve) and a MBA (Cornell University).

Dries Van Nieuwenhyus, enthusiastic and thought-provoking keynote speaker on Business Intelligence and Performance Management strategy, will moderate the event. He focuses on the impact of technology and statistics on the decision-making processes of organisations.

Dries Van Nieuwenhyus develops executive education workshops and awareness sessions to bridge business challenges with performance solutions, and to leverage the impact of fact-based decisions on people’s more optimal behaviour. Dries Van Nieuwenhyus is programme director for Corporate Performance Management at the EHSAL Management School, Fellow of the Hogenheuvelcollege (KU Leuven) and researcher at the Lessius Business Intelligence Competency Centre.