Julia Van Ittersum

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Interim Director FP&A and Cntrolling at Nebius

Netherlands

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

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.

Topics They Care 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.
Strategic Prioritization
Advocates for using practical frameworks like an impact-effort matrix to cut through complexity and make clear decisions on strategic initiatives.

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Work History

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

Education

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

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Insights For Selling To Julia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.
  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point
  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Julia is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Julia

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Julia move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Julia take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Julia

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