On November 5, together with Jeroen van der Vaart, Director Group Security & Resilience at Booking.com, we will explore what organizational resilience truly means at the board level. Instead of viewing resilience as an investment in security, the discussion focuses on resilience as a strategic organizational capability that enables leaders to protect colleagues, customers, operations, revenue, and trust when pressure increases and available information is still incomplete.
Event for Crisis, Security, Continuity, Resilience & Safety Leaders
CPE points | 2 points
17:30 | Start of program (including presentation, discussion and 3-course dinner)
20:30 | End of formal program, opportunity for informal networking
Language: English
Huis Scherpenzeel
Director Group Security & Resilience
Jeroen van der Vaart is responsible for Group Security & Resilience at Booking.com. His scope includes global physical security, business continuity management, crisis management, executive protection, investigations and the operation of a 24/7 Global Security Operations Center. He also plays a key role in driving resilience initiatives across Booking Holdings, helping align processes, intelligence and security capabilities across multiple global businesses. Prior to joining Booking.com, Jeroen held leadership roles in defense, law enforcement and the private sector, including ASML.
Disruptions can no longer be captured in clear categories. Geopolitical uncertainty, cyber incidents, supplier dependency, AI-fueled disinformation, risks to employee safety, and increasing regulatory pressure are increasingly converging simultaneously. Although Security, Operations, Communication, Legal, and Finance each hold a piece of the puzzle, it often proves a challenge for organizations to bring these perspectives together quickly enough to make the right decisions with confidence.
On November 5, together with Jeroen van der Vaart, Director Group Security & Resilience at Booking.com, we will explore what organizational resilience truly means at the board level. Instead of viewing resilience as an investment in security, this meeting centers on the question of how resilience can evolve into a strategic organizational capability. A capability that enables directors and leaders to protect colleagues, customers, operations, revenue, and trust when pressure increases and available information is still incomplete.
During this exclusive Vision Dinner, Jeroen will share practical experiences from an operational environment where decisions are made under high pressure daily. Topics such as governance, escalation, intelligence, crisis management, and investments in resilience will be addressed. Together, we will discuss how organizations can better connect cybersecurity, physical security, business continuity, and intelligence to strengthen decision-making before a disruption escalates into a crisis.
Additionally, we will address questions such as: who ultimately takes responsibility for the trade-offs between customer impact, regulatory compliance, operational continuity, and employee safety? How do you create support for resilience at the board level? And how do you prepare multidisciplinary teams for the next crisis before it actually occurs?
Join this interactive discussion, exchange experiences with peers, and gain practical insights into how to build an organization that can make faster and better-informed decisions at the moments when it truly matters.
