Erik Beulen

Professor of Information Management & Digital Transformations at Alliance Manchester Business School, UK. He previously served as Full Professor at Tilburg University and Academic Director of the Executive MSc in Information Management & Digital Transformations at TIAS School for Business and Society, Netherlands (tenure ended November 2024).

Erik continues his advisory roles as an independent member of the Data Committee at Royal FloraHolland and as an external advisor to Bain & Company. He chaired XBRL the Netherlands from January 2020 to June 2022 and contributed as a board member of Sourcing Nederland between 2017 and 2021—an association dedicated to advancing best practices in partnering and outsourcing.

With 25 years of global industry and consulting experience, Erik has held leadership roles at Atos, Accenture, KPMG, Boston Consulting Group, and Alvarez & Marsal, guiding outsourcing strategies, digital transformation efforts, and benchmarking initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America.