Description

I’m currently focused on building the next generation of digital teams — not just by filling roles, but by rethinking how we attract, assess, and engage talent in a way that fits today’s reality.

With 15+ years of experience across tech, consulting, and digital transformation, I’ve helped organizations scale high-performing teams across product, design, data, and engineering. I use agile and design thinking to redesign hiring workflows, improve candidate experience, and support hiring managers in making smarter, faster, and more inclusive decisions.

My work blends strategy, delivery, and talent — aligning the right people with the right problems to drive real impact. Lately, I’ve been channeling that experience into new AI-driven tools that make hiring more fair, human, and future-proof — because the way we build teams should evolve as fast as the technology we build them with.

And yes — I’m still singing along to Bad Brains while I’m at it.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Gent (up to 50km)

Pauwels Consulting
Digital Service & Project Lead
February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
Ghent, Belgium
• Digital Strategy and Roadmap for client offerings, new service models, pre sales, operational efficiency and business sponsor for AI rollouts
• Recruitment Ops Lead for Digital
• Competence Center Lead for Digital
• Product Owner for a new AI Sourcing and Recruiting agent
Talent acquisition Digital Transformation Consulting
Limited to Jan
Senior Technical Recruiter
January 2023 - January 2025 (2 years)
Freelance recruitment of Engineering, GTM and Product Leadership, Cyber and Data Science profiles for start-ups and F100 companies
McKinsey & Company
Talent Manager // Expert Consultant
April 2018 - May 2022 (4 years and 1 month)
New York, NY, USA
I help clients build high performing teams from scratch, from tech C-suite level to junior engineering/design/data science levels. I redesign the complete candidate and employee experience, starting with building a compelling EVP for Digital talent, reimagining the recruiting workflows and designing fast and structured interview processes. I work in an Agile way with our clients and combine Data and Design Thinking to reimagine talent processes into moments that matter.
• Building and leading Digital Talent teams ranging from 5 to 10 Recruiters and 3 t0 5 HR Business Partners to support them with their ambitious hiring targets, typically ranging between 100-200 new Digital hires in a 12-month timeframe