Thierry Geerts is father of 4 children and graduated as Solvay Business Engineer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. After his studies, he started working as an auditor for Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC), but quite soon his passion for media, online marketing and innovation led him to management and board positions at, among others, Corelio Publishing, Radio Nostalgie, Clickx and Passe-Partout. In 2008, he became CEO of Corelio Business Development and Arkafund.
Since 2011, he is Country Director of Google Belgium-Luxembourg and as such he is positioned in the heart of the digital revolution, marketing and innovative entrepreneurship. He’s member of the “Digital Minds for Belgium” and “AI4Belgium” Expert group of Deputy Prime Minister De Croo, “Le Conseil du Digital” of Walloon Minister of Economy and of the board of IAB Europe. He’s the author of “Digitalis, how to reinvent our world” (NL/FR June’18 – ENG Jan’19).

Sami Peltonen is VP of P2P Product Management. Sami boasts more than two decades developing and delivering solutions that streamline procurement and finance professionals’ daily lives, enabling them to achieve greater efficiencies within their organizations. Sami currently leads Basware’s P2P Roadmap and Product strategy.

Georg joined Basware in 2017. Having a background in Management & Technology, he’s connecting the view on business processes with technical solutions.
In his role, Georg is focusing on our largest global customers, helping them to achieve highest levels of automation in Networked Purchase-to-Pay combined with transparency, compliance and sustainability.

Dico van Dijk joined Capgemini Invent 2 years ago. He has been in procurement transformation for more than 15 years working for a large number of global clients. He is specialized in Digital Procurement Transformation and implementing S2P programs.
In Capgemini Invent he is leading the Digital Procurement team in creating value propositions for Capgemini clients.

Sander is a Senior Consultant at Capgemini Invent, specialized in Digital Procurement. He has worked on projects across different industries, on selecting and implementing different digital procurement solutions. In 2020 he has led the efforts on developing the Capgemini Digital Procurement Research 2020-2021.

Katarzyna Fonteyn is currently Director, Procurement Offering at Basware. As the global procurement evangelist at Basware, Katy is responsible for developing Basware procurement long term vision, strategy and positioning. She places customer success and the voice of customers at the heart of her work. Katy has extensive background in working for large companies optimizing their commercial processes and procurement practices, developing category strategies and enhancing supplier innovation. Katy’s combination of business, technical research experience, analytical mindset and constant curiosity has given her insight into disruptive trends that will impact businesses in the future.

Maddy has a broad experience of 25 years in big multinational companies complemented with 14 years consulting experience . She brings expert knowledge in several domains amongst which process improvement, business transformation and project & change management. As Client Partner of our CFO Services Pragmatic Advisory practice she is responsible for the expansion and quality assurance of our offerings and projects with a main focus in enterprise transformation, business process management and project / change management. Before joining TriFinance Maddy had an international experience in various industries and roles : worldwide CFO and controller roles , M&A , Managing director roles.

Marc Lammers is the example of a modern coach. With innovative solutions and a new way of leadership, he was able to stimulate and improve his team. This eventually resulted in Olympic Gold in Beijing 2008 with the Dutch National women’s hockey team. During his presentation, Marc Lammers speaks enthusiastically and passionately about his vision on coaching, innovation, leadership, working together.

Rob is responsible for Basware’s customer marketing programs designed to engage and support customers in maximizing their partnership with Basware. Rob leads the development and creation of Basware customer success stories giving him insight into how customers across the globe are unlocking value from Basware's solutions.

After graduation from Maastricht University, Hans worked at a national consultancy firm, serving various SAP end-user organizations in area of procurement. He started working at HEINEKEN International in 2004 as functional consultant. Took various roles from sr consultant to team lead and solution architect, all in the domain of PtP. Prior to his current role he worked as programme manager developing and deploying various PtP related solutions. Since 2.5 years Hans is working as Global Process Lead PtP-finance, responsible to standardize and optimize processes for today’s business goals, whilst constantly re-designing for future trends & evolving business strategy and needs.

As marketing manager at ICreative, Marieke Lenstra is committed to gaining a clear understanding of the challenges facing purchase-to-pay professionals. With a strong background in journalism, she has a passion for writing and has an interest in research. In the past she has collaborated with renowned agencies on multiple market studies.