The Bayard Team
Managing Partners
Agnese Di Paolo
A fluent multilingual professional capable of handling complex and unpredictable situations, Agnese combines creativity with pragmatism, empathy with determination to produce exceptional results and customer satisfaction.
David Frans
With broad experience of taking the full responsibility for the design of the complete ICT solutions for every size of business from very small SME’s to global multi-nationals, David is able to blend pragmatism with creative thinking.
Jan Borghs
Jan has helped organizations improve beyond the status quo through a disciplined and pro-active approach, enabling growth and transformation. His pragmatic style, enthusiasm and excellent communication skills, often serve as a motivation for other team members.
Partners
Nino Blanckaert
Nino is passionate to bring digital & transformational strategies alive, putting the bar high for himself and the teams. He is an empathic leader with excellent communication skills bridging departmental boundaries.
Philippe Korcz
Philippe is an experienced executive leader, who has held several senior roles such as COO, CIO and Program Manager. He is a proficient Interim Change Manager and as Business Leader at his best when developing, implementing and managing transition strategies, business processes and information systems.
Harley Lovegrove
Harley is a dynamic 'we can do this' kind of person with a successful track record of working for a wide variety of companies in all kinds of sectors. From very small family run businesses right through to giant multi-nationals. Over the last 35 years Harley has built a reputation for inspiring those around him to rout out and tackle the core problems facing their organizations.
Peter Ruymen
Peter is a self motivated and results driven person. He is able to learn and adapt quickly to new environments. Peter has a strong foundation in IT, most notably global SAP roll out projects.
Francis Van den Driessche
Before joining The Partnership in 2008, Francis had more than 25 years’ experience in sales & general management within the IT (HW/SW) services and consulting businesses. He is an expert in DISC behavior analysis, a powerful tool for improving individual behavior and team collaboration.
Philippe Van Haren
Philippe has extensive experience leading large IT departments, as CIO, Operations manager, leading Architecture teams and conducting IT audits for SME’s.
William Watté
William is a down-to-earth & getting-things-done all-round manager with a strong belief in structured approach and appropriate-level documentation.
His main value is a big picture view for keeping work on the right track, but able to quickly switch to short follow-up crisis-mode if the situation requires it.
Associates
Paul Bennington
Paul's specialization's are: Project and program management and team leadership, Product development and innovation, Risk management and compliance (data protection and data security).
Wendy Derwael
Wendy specializes in team management and interim project management, working with international business managers to co-ordinate and pull together the loose ends of complex international projects and to restore order and efficient priorities.
Guy Foubert
Guy is a senior IT project manager with more than 20 years of experience in administrative software development, implementation and project management. He has extensive international experience and is known for his pragmatic and result-driven approach.
Rebeca Sandiel
Rebeca is a dedicated and driven multilingual IT Project Manager who loves to work with others to deliver awesome results. Her goals are to constantly improve, learn, grow and innovate to make people's lives better. She has a strong affinity with business needs and is passionate about aligning different stakeholders towards the common objectives.
Gary Smith
Gary has more than 20 years’ experience working in both the Public and Private Sectors in various roles within client relationship, customer service, investigation, business development and sales management.
Oliver Tulett
Oliver is a well-structured, pragmatic, happy and positive thinking Project Manager who integrates easily into groups and teams from all kinds of differing cultures, industries and backgrounds. He is result focused and is able to formulate effective strategies to obtain what is required.
Rudi Vandeweyer
Rudi has more than 20 years of experience in IT management and change management positions in commercial and non-profit organizations.
Anne Wanielista
Anne has an analytical mind leveraging qualitative data into actionable insights. She has experience in several highly competitive markets. She helps organizations anticipating the future and developing strategies to remain competitive and to face potential crises.
Academy Trainers
Jean-Marie Duval
Jean-Marie is an individual coach, team coach, corporate coach, trainer, change manager, and mindfulness – MBSR instructor. He is also an active member of European Mentoring & Coaching Council, Belgian Chapter (EMCC).
David Roosens
David is a seasoned operational leader, bringing more than 20 years of experience in transformational program investments, complex change management and process improvement.
Able to decompose & explain complex problems into clear concepts, David is at ease presenting to large audiences and senior executives, but won’t hesitate to go down into details whenever needed.
Kim Tureluren
Kim is a committed coach and strategist with strong insights and change management skills. As a corporate anthropologist she has a unique view on what drives and transforms company cultures.
She excels in exposing the essence and bringing clarity. Time and again, she convinces teams to refocus on the key elements, ideas, challenges and possibilities that lie ahead.
Contractors
Throughout our existence, we have build a solid reputation with hundreds of independent contractors offering them interesting assignments where they can leverage their experience as well as increase their knowledge and capabilities.
This puts us in a position to find the best resource for the task at hand, with Bayard's guarantee that they will abide to our values of determination, curiosity, generosity and a sense of network.
Are you interested in joining our Partnership?
We are always looking to welcome highly skilled and experienced freelancers into our multi-disciplinary group. If you are looking for inspiration and possibly a new challenge that might be more stimulating than what you're doing today, then let's get in touch and talk about your future career plans..