AI Leadership

Remco Kortekaas

I’m a connective, energetic, decisive leader with a results-driven approach. My management style is built on a shared perspective and clear communication.

Experience

  1. CIO | Head of IM and IT

    January 2025 — Present
    Veiligheidsregio Utrecht

  2. Director IT

    June 2020 — January 2025
    Continuum Global Solutions · Enschede
    • 15,000+ employees at Continuum Global Solutions
    • Accountable for IT across Europe (6 countries, 11 sites)
    • Reporting to the Global CIO
    • Reshaped vendor portfolio and contracts
    • Designed a consolidated architecture for hybrid workers
    • Built a delivery pipeline enabling commercial agility by combining standard and specialist products
    • Increased efficiency by 30% (achieved within 2 years)
    • Implemented an ISO27001 ISMS

  3. Business IT Manager

    April 2014 — December 2019
    PostNL · The Hague
    • 22,000+ employees at PostNL
    • Part of the IT Management Team for Central Services
    • Translated the innovation-driven “cloud-only” strategy into organizational change (people/processes) and digital platforms
    • Responsible for application rationalization
    • Implemented Agile / SAFe

  4. Head of Application Services & Service Delivery

    December 2008 — March 2014
    Achmea · Apeldoorn
    • 19,000+ employees at Achmea
    • Led application rationalization based on target architecture
    • Delivered a new IT product & service catalog
    • Delivered pricing model and cost analysis for products and services

  5. Vice President IT

    November 2005 — November 2008
    ABN AMRO Bank N.V. · Amsterdam
    • 93,000+ employees at ABN AMRO
    • Global Service Delivery Manager for Corporate Functions and Asset Management (NL, FR, DE, LUX, UK)
    • Managed a €12M run/change portfolio
    • Project Manager for IT outsourcing transition and transformation programs (global outsourcing contract value: $1B / 5 years)
    • Delivered and implemented service delivery processes

  6. IT Operations Manager

    November 2003 — November 2005
    ABN AMRO Bank N.V. · Amsterdam

  7. Lead Application Manager

    November 1996 — November 2003
    ABN AMRO Bank N.V. · Amsterdam

  8. Software developer (employee and independent)

    January 1992 — November 1996
Extra-curricular
Chair, Participation Council
August 2009 - July 2012
Primary School De Omnibus · Almere