The CIO of The Year Award

Winners for life

The CIO of the Year Award aims to give recognition to the best-performing CIO of the year. The measured aspects entail IT performance, IT agility, and project performance/attractiveness. But not only the performance is essential. Like last year, the election will focus on leadership business and boardroom credibility.

Aart Rupert is CIO of the Year 2023

Aart Rupert, CDO of shipbuilder Damen, won the CIO of the Year Award 2023. He owes the award to his strategic vision for digitalization, the transformation he has initiated, and the launch of a new business unit (Damen Triton). “Aart has developed strongly in his role, also as a driver of a digital, business-driven transformation,” said jury chairman Bernhard van Oranje. “Transforming an ‘old’ manufacturing industry like shipbuilding into a Maritime Solution Provider is no easy task, and certainly not as a family business.”

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The process

1. Pre-selection of pre-nominees.

The CIO of the Year Award is based on a thorough process. The criteria and the procedure have been developed over the past ten years together with CIO Platform Nederland (CIO platform of top 100 organisations in the Netherlands), CIO Magazine and Research organisations: The Boston Consulting Group and Squadra.

2. Validation

The top nominees are chosen by the jury based on the results of the web questionnaire that is be measured and ranked by the Boston Consulting Group. Personal validation checks are conducted by Squadra and Plan B.

3. Jury Selection

A final meeting with the nominees takes place in October. The jury (Rob Beijleveld) will also conduct the validation checks with CEO, CFO, and/or COO of each top nominee on all the results (survey, interview, and assessment). The CIO of the Year will be presented at CIODAY.

CIO of The Year Award Jury

Bernhard van Oranje

CMO Levi9 and chairman Tech Hero Award

Martijn Koning

Chief Digital & Sustainability Officer - Autobinck Chairman CIO Platform Nederland

Marc Schuuring

Partner & managing director Boston Consulting Group

Mel Jacobs

CIO Wealth Management and Corporate Bank & CIO of the Year 2021

Tjibbe van der Zeeuw

Co-founder Squadra Group

Rob Beijleveld

CEO - ICT Media, Host & Jury member CIO of the Year Award