In November 2017, Erwin Verstraelen became Chief Digital and innovation officer of the Port of Antwerp, a new position in the executive committee. It was a clear indication of the strategic focus the port wants to give to digitalization. Based on previous roles in other companies, he has a strong background in strategic IT thinking and in depth transformation of an organization driven by Information technology. starting from a new business strategy with 5 objectives towards 2020, Erwin created a new IT department with several new competence centers such as ‘data and analytics’, ‘innovation enablement’ and ‘cyber resilience’. Our digital strategy starts from the four roles we fulfil as a port authority: land lord, operator, regulator and community builder.

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