Roeland Vertriest

Chief Transformation Officer DuPont

Roeland Vertriest is the Chief Transformation Officer and Vice President, Operational Excellence for DuPont. He has global responsibility for the DuPont Centers of Excellence in Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturing, Asset Reliability and Operational Analytics. Earlier in his career Roeland was the SVP Strategic Services at Liberty Mutual, a global leader in the insurance industry. Roeland began his career at McKinsey & Company where he took on roles of increasing responsibility in the Operations Practice for Belgium and Greater China office before leading the Sub-Saharan Africa Operations Practice. Roeland is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for water sanitation and adult education. He holds a master’s degree in bio-engineering from Ghent University and a master’s degree in general management from the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School.

Monday, Jan 29: Pre-Conference Workshops, Focus Days & Main Conference Day One

4:30 PM The All-Star Panel: The Time Is Now - The Paradigm Shift from Business Transformation to Business Reinvention & Unlocking the New Growth Frontier

Most business transformations take place in one part of the business and deliver marginal gains on efficiency. However, that will no longer be sufficient for the future transformation landscape. Businesses are required to self-disrupt, reinvent existing business models and embrace paradigm shifts, not only to drive cost benefits, but also to deliver a step change and unlock new growth opportunities. In this thought-provoking all-star session, we have invited the leaders who are driving beyond business transformation to delve into the new possibilities of business reinvention.

·       The time is now: examining the new imperatives for business reinvention

·       What does it take to build self-disruptive customer-centric reinvention strategies?

·       Building a connected and interoperable digital core to leverage the unleash the power of data and AI

Tuesday, Jan 30: Chief Transformation Officer Summit (Invitation Only)

8:50 AM Keynote Panel: Navigating Game-Changing Trends and Disruptive Forces and Integrating them In Your Transformation Strategies

High inflation economy, rising risks in global expansion, breakneck speed of advancements in AI…Transformation officers need to take into consideration many disruptive yet game changing forces into consideration when mapping out their transformation blueprint. No one can predict the future, yet the transformation leaders are challenged to respond to change quicker than others and weave these considerations into their strategy and transformation decision making. This keynote panel will bring together transformation officers from key industries to examine these trends and share insights on how they are responding to them.

·       Examining the key trends impacting your transformation decisions

·       What are the key considerations and steps needed to build these decisions into your transformation strategy?

·       How can you rebuild your target operating model based on the new opportunities and risk factors?

·       Sharing disruptive strategies that have been implemented to drive new business models and breakthrough change

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Roeland.

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