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Maarten LaheijML

Maarten Laheij

Transformation Leader (UAE)

€1,093/day
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Maarten

Transformation and operations technology leader with 15+ years of experience across regulated financial services, asset management, and fund services.

I help businesses turn complex operational, technology, data, vendor, and process challenges into clear transformation roadmaps and executable delivery plans. My strengths include target operating model design, process improvement, system rationalization, data governance, vendor management, and senior stakeholder alignment.

I bring practical, enterprise-grade transformation discipline to specialist and boutique financial services businesses, with a focus on operational efficiency, control, scalability, and measurable execution.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • Portuguese

    Conversational

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Vistra
    Operations Technology Program Manager (UAE
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
    • • Leading transformation strategy for Fund Services business
    • • Senior interface between business leadership and technology delivery
    • • Driving platform rationalisation, cloud migration, and data governance initiatives
    • • Defining global operating model and service standardisation
    Transformation management Technology Transformation Data Governance
  • NN Group
    Manager Asset Roadmap (NL
    January 2018 - January 2025 (7 years)
    • • Designed and executed asset management platform transformation strategy (>€200bn AUM)
    • • Led adoption of Aladdin and SimCorp Dimension platforms
    • • Directed operational disentanglement during asset manager divestment (1.8Bn EUR transaction)
    • • Onboarded €90bn+ private assets across multiple geographies and asset classes
    Transformation management Technology Transformation Operating Model Transformation
  • NN Investment Partners
    Global Head of Fund Administration (NL
    January 2017 - January 2018 (1 year)
    • • Product owner for Aladdin / SimCorp ecosystem and strategic roadmap
    • • Managed 30+ FTE across fund NAV calculation, accounting and reporting
    • • Delivered onboarding of new clients and products
    Transformation management Target Operating Model Operating Model Transformation

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Education

  • AI Strategy
    MIT Sloan
    2025
    AI Strategy
  • AI Programme
    Oxford Saïd
    2025
    AI Programme

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