26/09/2018 – 30/04/2019 BNY Mellon, Brussels, Belgium – Business Analyst
Business or sector Banking/Financial services
Running as Business analyst (BA) the Pillar 1 Data Flow project of the Data quality Programme of BNYM SA/NV, so not only Business analysis, but also project management (scope, progress, communication), solution architecture and business support. The main objective was to create, test and rollout an approach on end-to-end data flows with focus on Data Quality, to meet the requirements of the NBB Circular, both initially and on the longer run (methodology), while optimizing the maintenance efforts.(Collibra)
18/06/2018 – 17/8/2018 Belfius, Brussels, Belgium – Senior PMO
Business or sector Banking & Insurances
As Programme Management Officer (PMO), together with the Programme Manager, Architects and expert advisors preparing the Core Banking Replacement Programme (short term assignment), which includes both Business and IT people/tools/processes, banking engines, digital banking and front-end. Supporting the Programme management during this phase and developing the Financial Plan for the entire Programme.
26/06/2017 – 31/5/2018 Euroclear, Brussels, Belgium – Stream Lead & Project Manager
Business or sector Financial services
I was the Stream Lead (sub programme manager) of the Governance Stream part of the Cyber Resilience Programme. Managing (scope development, budget & time management…) a roadmap (stream/portfolio) of projects focusing on setting up the non-tech & non-tools side of Cyber Security, including Target Operating Model, BPM, Dashboard, Risk Framework, Policies, Enterprise Security Architecture, Baselines, Controls, 3rd Party Risk management. In addition, managing the delivery of some of the projects myself.
5/10/2015 – 21/6/2017 BNY Mellon, Brussels, Belgium – Programme Management Officer & Analyst
Business or sector Banking/Financial services
I was a Programme Management Officer (PMO) (15%) & Analyst (85%) in the Regulatory Client Asset Protection Programme. This includes supporting the Programme Management team with analysis and reporting, while mainly supporting 2 project teams (Finance Part of the Establishment Test and External Client Account Renaming) with analysis and making change happen. E.g. renaming 70000 accounts with 140 sub custodians, each one a little bit different.
15/10/2014 – 16/06/2015
Colruyt Group NV, Halle, Belgium – Programme Management Officer
Business or sector: Retail
I was Programme Management Officer (PMO) for both the HR and Finance Programmes. This included budget management and follow-up, Scope & Time management, Capacity management and planning, Coaching a team of about 20 PM’s with different degrees of experience and background, project methodology guidelines and follow-up of these, Portfolio Management, Governance set-up and follow-up, quality follow-up of deliverables.
01/07/2013 – 27/06/2014 ENOS, Humbeek, Belgium – Company founder/owner
Business or sector Rental, maintenance and transport of young-timers (70’s-80’s) and motorbikes. It was a dream to try to set up my own company in this business area, so I gave myself one year to try to get it running. It was interesting and I learned a lot from it. For example, that I would need more experience and capital, to turn this into something truly profitable, as such I decided not to pursue and I closed it down.
16/11/2008 – 19/6/2013 KBC Group NV, Brussels area, Belgium – Management & Decision support
Business or sector Banking & Insurances
01/07/12-19/06/2013
Process, Project and later Programme Manager of the Strategic Planning of KBC Group
Managing the integrated 3Y planning of Capital/Profit/Risk related topics in an integrated fashion for 40+ entities mainly in 6 countries. Presenting this to the Executive Committee of KBC Group, dealing with many top executives, and managing (Scope/Time) specialists in the multiple involved domains in order to ensure the integrated & consistent nature of the planning for Banking & Insurance business. I was managing both process design, process operations and supporting the IT project.
14/02/2011-31/07/2012
Organisation Advisor (Internal business consultant, combining business (process) modelling, analysis and architecture, project management)
Managing (or assisting line management to manage) major changes and efficiency improvements in KBC, in between others active in Strategy development and implementation, Business Process improvement, Business Architecture, LEAN, Operational Excellence. This included typical project management tasks. I very much enjoyed this job as bringing change and efficiency fits me well.
16/11/2008-11/02/2011
Performance Manager (combining business (process) analysis & architecture with project management) Member of the PMU (programme management and business decision support unit) of the Payments Product Factory of KBC, mainly analysis and project management with a major project which consisted of completely reengineering (Process & tools) and integrating the cost allocation model of the product factory.
Common: It is good to understand and speak IT when dealing with IT people; End-user-computing (MS Office) skills are very valuable. Being good at both these things gives me an edge in business environments.
01/09/1998 – 14/11/2008 HP (Hewlett-Packard), Brussels area, Belgium – IT Support and Consulting
Business or sector IT
01/07/2000-14/11/2008
IT Infrastructure Consultant and later IT Solution Architect (including project management Scope/Time/Budget):
Pre-sales and delivery and management of IT infrastructure related projects in data centre environments, like business continuity and disaster recovery, consolidation, backup, platform migrations or refreshes… And also conducting customer trainings.
I liked this consulting job, as it is about bringing solutions to people, moving from 1 project to another, facing a challenge that is different each time involving different stakeholders. Being continuously on the edge of your comfort zone is fun!
01/09/1998-31/06/2000 Response Centre Engineer:
HP-UX Software support for system administrators of companies
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
25/10/2013 – 20/12/2013
Entrepreneur in automotive
Syntra, Mechelen
▪ Basics of car mechanics, electronics, maintenance
▪ Basics of Business management, Accounting
01/10/1994 – 31/06/1998 Industrial Engineer (Master of Sciences) in Electricity, option Electronics, specialization Computer Systems
De Naeyer, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
As the bachelor part was shared between all specializations, I have profound basics in physics, mechanics, chemicals, physics & construction in combination with some hands-on experience. Specialized in the most informatics-focused specialization as this suited me well. To me programming is mainly being able to analyse your personal thinking in logic patterns and translating this into something a computer can handle.
