Geert De Sutter

Chief Operating Officer

Nigel has over 45 years experience in Information Technology, with a specific focus on the Process and Manufacturing Industry segments.

Nigel has held senior corporate management positions in Administration, Sales and Operations including an assignment in Kenya.

He has also established a comprehensive network within the Industry to consult and construct solutions that ensure the ‘best of breed’ providers are partnered to address client challenges and issues.

Professionally I have been more attracted to coaching and mentorship and seeing individuals reach or be on the path to reaching their full potential and remaining in touch as they achieve their goals.

Scaler of platform ecosystem businesses for Web3.0.

Craig is an experienced Business Development Executive, assisting companies in Digital Identity, Data Encryption Security and Next Gen Omnichannel Commerce & Loyalty, thereby refining their offerings and building new routes to new clients and markets.

Craig has 35 years of corporate experience including 20 years in executive roles at IBM across several geographies, membership of IBM Industry Academy, 5 years at PwC Consulting Europe and 10 years in UK business roles after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloittes in South Africa.

Founder and Chief Ecosystem Transformation Officer

Shane is a connector of ideas, technologies, strategies, systems and people for inclusive exponential growth.
Shane shapes and transforms ecosystems, solving large complex problems in innovative, practical, strategic and impactful ways.

Shane leverages more than 30 years of experience from start-ups through large multi-national corporations across the full spectrum of complex systems, from software engineering, to technology based innovation, to platforming business ecosystems.

As an IBM grey-beard built on top of 16 years of leadership in IBM technology, consulting and industry solutions, Shane founded Marketplace Maker in order to follow his passion for continuous innovation, purposeful transformation and shared value creation – at scale.