Drawing on an elite career at Ajax, Juventus, Fulham, and Manchester United, as well as his experience leading one of Europe's most iconic football clubs as CEO, van der Sar brings a rare dual perspective from both world-class sport and executive leadership. His insights into performance, discipline, and team dynamics make him uniquely positioned to speak to the challenges facing today's shared services and global business services leaders.

In his keynote interview, What It Takes to Win – Building High-Performance Teams Under Pressure, van der Sar will explore how volatility, transformation, and relentless performance expectations reshape what it means to lead and succeed. He will unpack how elite teams consistently deliver under pressure, and what organisations can learn from high-performance sport to build stronger, more resilient operating models.

Key themes will include how to build winning team cultures rooted in trust, accountability, and shared ambition; how to maintain focus and belief during uncertainty; how to keep teams aligned through change with clear and consistent communication; and how to turn setbacks into momentum by developing resilience across organisations.