Guy-Laurent Arpino is Chief Information Officer at Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods with net sales amounting to US$50.6 billion in 2024. Guy-Laurent leads the Group’s overall Digital & AI strategy across all business platforms, functions and regions, supporting LDC’s strategic goals and ambitions. He joined the Group in 2016 from Bacardi-Martini Ltd., where he was CIO for Europe since 2011, with additional responsibility for global business intelligence and digital marketing services. Prior to this, he worked at Procter & Gamble for 15 years, most recently as Global IT & Shared Services Associate Director for the Braun Division. He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics and Signal Processing from “Ecole de Chimie, Physique, Electronique” (CPE Lyon, France). Guy-Laurent is also on the Board of Directors of Covantis, a joint venture between LDC and industry peers, providing a global digital platform supporting agricultural post-trade operations.
As technology takes centre stage in driving GBS maturity and evolution, CIOs are stepping into a strategic ownership role - architecting connected platforms, integrating AI and automation and unlocking the power of enterprise data to deliver new sources of value. This forward-looking CIO keynote panel will explore:
• How the GBS ownership model is evolving from finance-led to technology-enabled transformation
• The CIO’s perspective on reimagining GBS as a digital, intelligent enterprise backbone
• Evolving the GBS delivery model and scaling AI adoption by reinforcing c critical partnership between CIOs, CFOs and CHROs in
• Building the future-ready operating model to deliver continuous innovation and new sources of enterprise value
• What potential challenges do CIOs face when leading next-generation GBS transformations?
Caroline Basyn, Chief Digital and Information Officer, The Adecco Group
Gunter Van Craen, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Global Shared Services Leader and Member of the ExCo, Bekaert
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