Dirk Luyten, Senior Consultant
Dirk Luyten is an industry leader and advisor to boards and executive leadership.
Dirk is a thought leader in diversity and performance with extensive experience in strategic consulting, having contributed to academic research and publications in this field. He brings a unique perspective combining business strategy with diversity initiatives. Dirk was a key contributor to the framework described in the book “Beyond D&I: Leading Diversity with Purpose and Inclusiveness”, authored by Kay Formanek and published by Palgrave in 2021.
For more than 20 years, Dirk was Managing Partner at Arthur D. Little and Partner at Accenture based in Brussels, Madrid and Tokyo. During those years, he focused on Consumer Goods and Retail. He worked for clients in all areas of Research, Development and Innovation, large-scale technology transformations and M&A. Dirk moved to Singapore in 2022, bringing all of his extensive experience from Europe and the Middle East to the Asian market.
He served as Chair and Member of various Boards in Belgium. He chaired the Board of United Fund for Belgium, a non-profit organisation supporting and funding projects in the area of social integration across Belgium. Finally, he was also Member of the Board of Women on Board in Belgium, with a specific focus on the collaboration with INSEAD. Dirk remains active as Coach to Women Entrepreneurs in Belgium.
Dirk maintains strong INSEAD ties as former President of the INSEAD Alumni Association of Belgium (2014-2017), Founding Member of the Executive Committee of the INSEAD Alumni Association Global Women in Business Club, Executive Member of the Belgian Chapter of the IAA Women in Business Club, Board Member for the “Business for Good Fundraising Campaign”, Sponsor of the INSEAD Gender Diversity Research Fund and many speaking, debating and facilitating activities around Diversity and Performance. He has also advised the former Dean of INSEAD on various strategic matters.
Dirk completed his Master Degree in Law (LLM) and Graduate Degree in Economics at the State University of Ghent in Belgium, both with Honors and obtained his MBA from INSEAD (MBA89J). He also holds from INSEAD the LEAP Certificate (Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice), the IDP-C Certificate (International Director Program) and the Online Certificate for “Digital Strategy”. In July, 2021, he obtained from INSEAD the Advanced Certificate in Corporate Governance. He is an Accredited Director at the Singapore Institute of Directors.
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