Who will succeed Karin Van Hoecke (KBC) and Marc Senterre (Senterrra) as CDO of the Year? Here are the five candidates. You’ll meet them at the CDO of the Year Gala in Brussels on 23 October.
Bjorn Van de Velde, head of digital products at Flemish public broadcaster VRT. He is responsible for the total digital platform, including VRT Max which integrates all content.
Patrick Putman, chief digital and information officer at Manuchar. He is leading the Antwerp-based global supply chain company through a complete digital transformation with a focus on data.
Olivier Guilmain, head of digital, AI and customer-facing solutions at the Etex group, the global specialist in building materials. He is responsible for the digital personalised approach.
Didier Muréna, founder of Swinz and Insurnode, is revolutionising the insurance industry with a clear smartphone approach aimed at companies that do not yet have a mobile strategy.
Raul Alvarez Barrera is global vice president of digital at the worldwide Radisson hotel group and is using a personalised approach to reduce the market share of players such as Booking.com.




