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Julia Van Ittersum

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Interim Director FP&A and Cntrolling at Nebius
📍 Netherlands

Julia is a finance executive with over 20 years of international experience at Philips and General Electric. She is currently the Interim Director FP&A and Controlling at Nebius, focusing on AI infrastructure. Her expertise spans financial strategy, value creation, and large-scale transformation programs. People who have worked with her describe her as dedicated, results-focused, and highly professional.

Outside of her core responsibilities, Julia is passionate about continuous professional development and leadership. She recently completed the Emerging CFO Program at Wharton Executive Education, focusing on leading with data, purpose, and agility. She actively shares her insights on strategic frameworks and leadership habits with her professional network, emphasizing the importance of self-investment.

Unique fact: At a recent CFO network dinner, she shared a simple impact-effort matrix she uses to help leaders prioritize strategic initiatives when everything feels urgent.

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Current Role
Interim Director FP&A and Cntrolling
Location
Netherlands
Personality Overview

How Julia shows up

Objective Evaluator
Fast But Thoughtful
Early Adopter

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Julia cares about

AI Infrastructure Finance
In her current interim role at Nebius, she is focused on strengthening business insights, planning discipline, and capital efficiency to support hyper-growth in AI infrastructure.
Executive Education
Recently completed Wharton's Emerging CFO Program, focusing on the traits of next-generation CFOs. She actively encourages leaders to keep investing in themselves.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Interim Director FP&A and Cntrolling
Nebius
10-2022 - 11-2025
Vice President / Head of Finance Productivity & Cost Management (Group FP&A)
Philips
10-2017 - 10-2022
Vice President / Head of Finance, Health Systems Service & Solution Delivery
Philips
8-2012 - 10-2017
Head of Finance, Business Group Health & Wellness
Philips
3-2007 - 5-2008
General Electric Commercial Finance: Finance Operations Leader
GE
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
3-2025 - 10-2025
Emerging Chief Financial Officer Program
Wharton Executive Education
1-2022 - 5-2022
Commissarissencyclus - 57
Nyenrode Business University
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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