Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos

• Project managing our house move E2E

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos

• At DataHeart, we believe that data only creates real impact when it is connected to people, culture, and purpose. Led by Frans Klaassen, MBA | CDMP, we combine deep expertise in data management with a passion for digital transformation and workplace happiness.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs

• Strategic leader with a track record of delivering $20M+ in CI impact, optimizing workforce strategy, and managing $200M+ manpower budget across global Information, Data & Analytics organisation.
• Grown organization and managed change from 650 FTE up 1.800 FTE's and scaled down back to 900 FTE;s,
• Spearheaded future org design and launched the Data Engineering discipline, securing retention and growth for critical capabilities.
• Championed risk-based hiring and global pay benchmarking in partnership with HR and VP Delivery. As Mental Wellbeing Lead, supported 900+ staff through direct intervention, embedding resilience and trust at scale.
• As internal consultant for Data and & Analytics I paved the way for delivery of Data Product to Shell Businesses through executive engagement, compelling story telling in a transparent and easy to consume playbooks
• ✅ Developed and executed recruitment strategy, balancing staff/contractor ratios and implementing risk-based hiring to enhance strategic sourcing. Optimized JML process and added RBAC to the process
• ✅ Launched and matured the Data Engineering discipline, driving retention and upskilling across critical capabilities.
• ✅ Directed pay benchmarking in partnership with HR and VP Delivery to ensure competitive and equitable compensation structures.
• ✅ Led global Mental Wellbeing initiative, supporting 900+ staff through face-to-face consultation, championing resilience and wellbeing at scale.
• ✅ Delivered IDA’s Change & Communication strategy, organizing external events to elevate brand visibility and attract top talent.

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs

• Delivered the Value from Data (VfD) strategic agenda by reshaping organizational behaviors and embedding a data-driven culture enterprise-wide. Built a global Data & Analytics Community of Practice and a network of change agents (Local Ambassadors) to foster peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
• ✅ Achieved cross-functional senior executive buy-in to launch and deliver a Data Literacy program reaching 9,000+ FTEs across 44 countries, with 850 staff certified as Data Engineers/Data Analysts via face-to-face IBM training.
• ✅ Benchmarked enterprise tools for Data Management and Cataloging; advised senior leadership via the Process & Data Steering Group on best practices in data management.
• ✅ Owned and matured Information Management & Data Analytics competencies across the organization—driving capacity and capability assessments to ensure scalability and sustained excellence.
• ✅ Scaled up and embedded IT service center in Bangalore, focusing on WoW and setting clear bounderies and handovers

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr

• Redefined Information Management (IM) across Legal, HR, Finance, and IT—transitioning it from compliance-centric to value-generating. Established a scalable IM function focused on lifecycle-driven change management and skill development.
• ✅ Leveraged File & Text Analytics to reduce redundant content and unlock insight from unstructured data, which makes up 80% of company information.
• ✅ Built a network of IM Content Owners as SharePoint ambassadors—boosting utilization, enforcing record compliance, and driving cultural change.
• ✅ Standardized SharePoint structures, reducing maintenance costs of $ 1M P.a. and enabling site ownership by the business.
• ✅ Supported executive leadership (VP+ level) in promoting the Value from Data strategy, especially for unstructured information.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs

• Established Shell’s inaugural Chief Data Office (CDO) structure—designing frameworks, processes, and competencies to embed data value across businesses and functions. Set up senior governance bodies to steer strategic alignment for Process & Data.
• ✅ Embedded and matured Data Governance enterprise-wide, onboarding Data Value and Definition Owners, and securing support for the Enterprise Conceptual Data Model.
• ✅ Led Data Quality transformation, including handbook delivery and VP-level endorsement of the Framework as the enterprise standard.
• ✅ Developed and activated Shell’s I&D Community, managing change champions and internal communications to support organization-wide data maturity.
• ✅ Led measurement and maturity assessment of Information & Data progress using dashboards and metrics—partnering closely with I&D leadership.
• ✅ Created common practices and training tools with functional experts, driving visibility and utilization of Shell’s I&D talent pool.
• ✅ Delivered Data Governance frameworks and competency development tools, enabling Shell’s transition to a data-first operating model.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr

• Appointed to lead the development and integration of the MI Strategy across Downstream—transforming standards, architecture, and design methodology to support strategic alignment and business process integration.
• ✅ Designed and maintained MI architecture and standards, contributing to the successful realization of the SAP ERP MI business case.
• ✅ Led cross-functional integration & transformation resolving interface issues and embedding evergreen MI design principles across all projects and process areas globally
• ✅ Built cohesive delivery frameworks, aligning MI teams and IT stakeholders to a unified vision and establishing consistent ways of working.
• ✅ Enabled MI reporting capabilities in partnership with Finance Operations, ensuring timely delivery and relevance to business scope.
• ✅ Introduced external best practices, shaping the MI architecture model and influencing the MI vision with future-ready perspectives
• ✅ Scaled up and Embedded company culture in the Finance service center in Chennai

Jan 2008 – Feb 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Led strategic transition & transformation efforts during Shell’s reorganization—securing year-end close and launching new MI initiatives to support future operations. Delivered the Global MI Platform while navigating parallel challenges of SAP rollout and Finance migration to Chennai.
• ✅ Led MI design, implementation and adoption for Manufacturing, Supply & Distribution within Global SAP implementation, embedding analytics into operational workflows.
• ✅ Enabled smooth handover of finance operations through intensive collaboration with newly onboarded teams across geographies.
• ✅ Built and led culturally diverse teams in a rapidly evolving business landscape, ensuring alignment across business, process, and reporting functions.
• ✅ Specialized in MI application deployment, change management, credit control, and accounting operations.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 · 3 yrs

• Relocated to London to lead MI development for Global Supply, post-reorganization—rolling out the first fully automated reporting process, revolutionizing monthly appraisal by enabling real-time VP access to actionable MI.
• ✅ Partnered with Finance VP & CFO to implement a forward-looking cost management model, improving accrual accuracy and extrapolation forecasting.
• ✅ Established MI appraisal for newly formed Rhine Supply organization, aligning data across countries and supporting regional integration.
• ✅ Led MI integration for Shell-DEA joint venture, building unified appraisal packs and supporting seamless business onboarding.
• ✅ Defined Capex/Opex investment criteria via the “Value of Work Done” concept—enhancing capital project controls and investment visibility.
• ✅ Deputy Chief for Plant Finance, running a team and leading operational MI and close cycles—including production efficiency controls and general accounting.