Hans Geurts – CIO at VTTI – is nominated to the #EDLOTY Award in the B2B category! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/16 and join us on 1st February 2023 at #CIONEXT | Let’s talk Money to find out how the Finalists of the European Digital Leader of the Year are managing their 2023 technology budgets and what measures are being taken to save money in this pivotal year.

In this #LeadershipDeepDive Interview Hendrik Deckers asked Hans how VTTI, a tank storage company, which is a 24/7 and 365, relatively asset-heavy business, can work on its resilience in post-Covid and cybercrime times. Does an organisation’s cybersecurity usually depend on human behaviour or are there other factors that can be excluded to increase safety? Hans also explained how VTTI is becoming a more data-driven company and how building a data lake has helped in using data assets more effectively.

Is sustainability currently one of the core topics at VTTI? What alternatives to traditional fuels are going to be of significance in the nearest future? How to make sure OT and IT cooperate effectively to achieve best business results? Watch the full interview to find out!

Table of contents

01:15 | Introduction

02:06 | Hans’s background

02:44| About VTTI

04:07 | Main challenges for the company

06:22 | Business resilience program

11:05 | Smart devices, cyber risks and security

14:47 | Examples of raising resilience

18:59 | Results of the program

21:40 | Data lake program

26:27 | Results of the program

30:38 | Sustainability at VTTI

34:06 | Company culture

35:38 | Management style

37:19 | IT organisation

39:34 | Cloud journey

41:46 | The role of the CIO

45:09 | ERP at VTTI

47:00 | Leadership style

48:42 | Personality & MBTI profile

54:36 | Mentors

56:06 | Passions

58:54 | Personal values

01:00:30 | Best and worst things in life

01:03:27 | Most brilliant failure

1:08:54 | Advice for aspiring digital leaders