Pieter Coetzee

Pieter Coetzee serves as the Senior Director of Business Development (Global) at Itron, Inc. since January 2017, having previously held roles including Senior Director of Enterprise Deal Management for EMEA & APAC. Coetzee also holds a position as a Non-Executive Director at iPay (Pty) Ltd and chairs the Smart Meter Working Group at the DLMS User Association from January 2022 to March 2025. Prior experience includes serving as President of the IDIS Association and multiple senior roles at Itron, where responsibilities encompassed business development and marketing for EMEA solutions and smart grid technologies. Coetzee's career began in engineering and management roles at AEG Energy Control, Schlumberger, and Actaris, focusing on marketing and product development in energy solutions. Coetzee earned a B. Eng in Industrial Electronics from Stellenbosch University from 1989 to 1992.