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Hiek Van der Scheer

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Advisory Board Member at Quantexa
📍 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Hiek Van der Scheer is the Chief Data & Analytics Officer at ABN AMRO Bank, leading technology-driven transformations. An ex-McKinsey consultant with a PhD, he has deep expertise in deriving business value from data, analytics, and AI, and contributes to academic research on synthetic data generation.

Outside of his primary role, he is passionate about fostering data innovation and talent. He serves on advisory boards for the University of Amsterdams business analytics program, AI software company Quantexa, and synthetic data firm BlueGen. ai. His interest in data application extends to athletics through his supervisory board role at Sport Data Valley.

Unique fact: He co-authors academic papers on advanced AI topics, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for creating synthetic data.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Advisory Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Personality Overview

How Hiek shows up

Procedural
Calm
Social Proof Driven

They are motivated by the potential impact of their decision on the organization. They prefer to follow rules and procedures. They are unlikely to become strong champions as they don't prefer pushing other people.

Priorities

Topics Hiek cares about

Generative AI Adoption
He is driving GenAI progress at ABN AMRO, including rolling out a secure, bank-wide ChatGPT equivalent and employee training programs to apply it in daily work.
Data for Business Impact
He emphasizes focusing relentlessly on creating business value with analytics, stating it should not be done for its own sake but to achieve a tangible impact.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Advisory Board Member
Quantexa
11-2023
Chief Data Officer
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
4-2023
Advisor
BlueGen.ai
2-2023 - 1-2026
Member of The Supervisory Board
Sport Data Valley
10-2020
Member of the Board Of Advisors, Business Analytics (BSc and MSc)
University of Amsterdam
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1993 - 1997
Ph.D.
University of Groningen
1987 - 1993
Master
University of Groningen
5-2024 - 9-2024
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INSEAD
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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