We are

Your AI Innovation Partner.

About us

By living and working with intelligent technologies, businesses and the humans that drive them will operate at a level far beyond our previous potential.  We call this the autonomous age.

This will create a paradigm shift for humanity, positively impacting everything from drug discovery to disease management. From the crops we grow, the products we use, to the way we live our lives.

To seize the opportunity, we must design businesses that are not just AI-powered, but AI-native—built for intelligence, agility, and scale.

Who we are

An independent, agile partner delivering unbiased expertise from strategy to deployment

PROJECTS

500+

Projects completed in a variety of key sectors, solving complex challenges for different client functions, from innovation and insights, to sales, marketing, and supply chain.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE, LOCAL ADAPTABILITY

15 years

With two main offices in New York and Antwerp, and 14 languages represented, our global reach and experience have allowed us to help clients in over 30 countries since 2009.

PRODUCTS LAUNCHED

100+

Making us go-to-market experts for new internal and external products, services, and capabilities that drive top and bottom line revenue.

YOUR AI PARTNER

End-to-end

We don’t just help you plan for AI—we make it happen. From strategy to execution, we ensure AI delivers measurable business value.

VENDOR-NEUTRAL

Independent

Unlike traditional consultancies tied to specific tech stacks, we provide unbiased AI strategies tailored to your business, not a platform’s agenda.

WORLD-CLASS

AI experts

Trusted by the world’s most ambitious companies, we bring deep industry knowledge and hands-on experience in AI transformation at scale.

Where we work

Truly global, we service clients all around the world

What we do

We deliver strategy that works and build technology that generates returns. Driven by domain expertise.

AI Strategy

Actionable AI strategy to drive efficiency and revenue growth.

AI Build

Designing, building and running custom AI solutions that deliver real results.

Innovation

Blending human creativity and AI to fuel innovation and growth

What makes us different

Our values

We build together

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and innovation doesn’t happen overnight. That’s why we love long-term partnerships where we can dig in and make a difference. Our people become your people. We learn and grow together. And, in the end, your success is our success.

We work fast & smart

We turn ideas into impact – and fast. By harnessing the latest powerful technologies, we work rapidly, without cutting corners. So we can test prototypes, action feedback and launch products quickly, from all over the world.

We keep it simple

If we say something, we mean it. And if we don’t really mean it, we won’t say it. We get to the heart of what you need in a clear, straightforward way. No 100- page reports or buzzwords in sight.

Connect with our leadership team

AI-native.
Humans first.

Philippe De Ridder BOI
Philippe De Ridder
CEO & AI Speaker
Philippe is a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and keynote speaker at the intersection of AI and strategy. He founded and leads BOI, and is also the CEO of AUTONOMOUS, the world's largest summit for AI innovators. Drawing over 10,000 people twice per year at the summit, he engages with thousands of leaders globally, shaping discussions on AI innovation. His thinking is frequently featured in prominent outlets like Fast Company, HBR, Bloomberg Business, and Forbes. As an advisor to many Fortune 500 companies, guest lecturer at business schools, and keynote speaker, he guides people and companies on how to become leaders in AI.

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Amir Ouki
Managing Director, Applied AI & Technology
Amir leads BOI’s global team of product strategists, designers, and engineers in designing and building AI technology that transforms roles, functions, and businesses. Amir loves to solve complex real world challenges that have an immediate impact, and is especially focused on KPI-led software that drives growth and innovation across the top and bottom line. He can often be found (objectively) evaluating and assessing new technologies that could benefit our clients and has launched products with Anthropic, Apple, Netflix, Palantir, Google, Twitch, Bank of America, and others.

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Laura Stevens
Laura Stevens, PhD
Managing Director of Data & AI
Laura Stevens, PhD, is the Managing Director of Data & AI, bringing a unique blend of strategic vision, analytical expertise, and leadership acumen. With a background in neuropsychology, business consulting and organizational transformation, she has successfully navigated a career spanning academia, consulting, and industry leadership. As a former VP Data & AI in an international organization, Laura has led large-scale Data & AI teams covering data science, machine learning, data engineering, data governance, and visualization. She is passionate about leading organizations through their data & AI transformation.

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Geoff Gibbins
Geoff Gibbins
Managing Director, AI Strategy and Innovation
For more than 15 years, Geoff has worked at the intersection of strategy, emerging technology and innovation and now leads our Americas team to lead AI strategy and build innovative AI-powered solutions. Geoff brings equal amounts of optimism and skepticism to every problem - and there’s nothing he loves more than a new problem to solve. Over the years, he has built and launched new products and businesses in consumer goods, financial services and wellness.

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Nick Bogaert
Partner & COO
Nick lives to solve complex challenges and works to make sure we deliver against our audacious goals. He is passionate about unifying emerging tech, design and strategy to grow businesses and improve people’s lives, and has led projects for Roche, Takeda, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Ferring ING, TD Bank, Rabobank, Engie, EDF, GE, Siemens Energy, and others. He’s leading our work in launching scalable AI technology, building the world’s first AI-native retail model, and re-imagining business models for the world’s most ambitious businesses.

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Jo McKinney
Growth Officer Americas
Perpetually bored with the status quo, Jo thrives at the forefront of transformation. After a successful tenure as CEO and CSO of a U.S. brand consultancy/ad agency —Jo redirected her passion and expertise to the strategic application of AI across business functions, with a special focus on marketing, advertising, insight, and innovation. Throughout her career, she has worked with diverse and leading global brands and at BOI, is partnering with business leaders to create novel strategies, and an AI-native mindset, to drive growth.

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Arne Van Balen
Partner, Innovation
Arne’s curiosity to understand people, places, and businesses has shaped his global perspective and collaborative approach. With over 10 years of experience as a global partner at BOI (Board of Innovation), Arne has built innovation strategies for leading organizations worldwide. He led the innovation transformation of ING Bank across 10+ countries, driving internal and external venturing successes such as VAKT, Komgo, and Cobase, all valued at over €50M today. Arne’s ability to blend data-driven insights with people-first thinking has helped deliver impact with leading brands, including Roche and GE Healthcare.

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Signe Damgaard
Head of Global Marketing
Signe is a seasoned marketing strategist with an MSc in International Marketing, specializing in brand positioning, lead generation, and content-driven growth. Signe drives our marketing and brand efforts, and brings you thought leadership through webinars, deep insights, tools, guides, and blogs. Ensuring that we cut through the noise, connect with our audience, and share bold perspectives. Signe is also at the helm of AUTONOMOUS, the world’s largest summit for AI Innovators, which yearly brings together more than 25,000 AI Innovators.

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Aquene MacPolin
Global Head of People & Operations
With deep experience ensuring the operational success of consulting and technology businesses, Aquene has the rare expertise required to forge multidisciplinary teams that thrive in solving previously unsolvable problems. As our Head of People and Operations, she has built a world-class team that is known for its ability to identify transformative opportunities and build the enterprise-level technology to make those opportunities real. In a competitive AI talent market, Aquene leads an organizational culture that ensures that BOI continually attracts and retains the exceptional level of strategic and engineering talent that it is known for.

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Vincent Pirenne
Vincent Pirenne
Global Partner & Head of AI Strategy (EMEA)
Vincent is a senior leader in AI strategy and business transformation, helping Fortune 500 organizations unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence. As a Global Partner at Board of Innovation, he specializes in shaping AI-driven growth strategies for consumer goods, retail, and technology leaders across the USA and Europe. His expertise lies at the intersection of AI, business strategy, and enterprise transformation, helping senior executives navigate AI adoption and scale AI-driven decision-making. He’s focussed on helping organizations build future-ready AI strategies that deliver real business outcomes.

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A pack of strategists, designers and engineers who deliver strategies that work and build technology that generates returns. With domain expertise. 
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