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Dirk Beynaerts

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Advisory Board Member at Pointury
📍 Louvain Metropolitan Area, Belgium

Dirk Beynaerts is the Chief Information Security Officer at Colruyt Group, bringing over 36 years of IT experience and deep expertise in cybersecurity frameworks like NIS2 and ISO27xx. Colleagues describe him as a true professional, a great motivator, and a go-getter who knows how to achieve clear objectives. He studied Middle Management at Vlerick Business School.

Based on his activities, Dirk appears passionate about corporate social responsibility. He actively shares his companys sustainability initiatives, such as creating greener packaging and community-focused projects, including building schools for students in Indonesia and supporting youth development programs through public-private partnerships.

He is the author of an opinion piece titled, "Hacking a self-driving car is not science fiction. "

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Experience
37 Years
Current Role
Advisory Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Louvain Metropolitan Area, Belgium
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Cybersecurity Strategy
As CISO, he is responsible for defining and executing the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for information and cybersecurity at a major retail group.
Retail Innovation
He frequently posts about in-store technological innovations at Colruyt Group, such as their award-winning Smart Cart, easy checkout, and automated storage systems.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Advisory Board Member
Pointury
3-2024
Benelux CISO Governing Body Member
Evanta, a Gartner Company
6-2023
Chief Information Security Officer
Colruyt Group
6-2019 - 6-2023
Director, Delivery Portfolio leader EMEA, IBM Security Services
IBM
1-2019 - 5-2019
European Business Development Executive, IBM X-Force Threat Management
IBM
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Education
2007 - 2008
Middle Management Programme
Vlerick Business School
1985 - 1987
Graduate
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
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