Sonja Gielen

Sonja Gielen is an accomplished IT Director and program manager with extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures at Johnson & Johnson since May 2019. Gielen has successfully coordinated transition plans for A&D deals and managed multiple integration activities, fostering collaboration across various functional teams. Prior to this role, Gielen held senior positions overseeing business process management at Omya and consulting at GISOCO, with a history of strategic initiatives across diverse industries. With a foundational career at Johnson & Johnson from 2000 to 2016, Gielen developed integration strategies for mergers, established enterprise architecture methodologies, and led significant finance standardization programs. Gielen began a career in consultancy and auditing early on, supporting financial audits and implementing process improvements. Gielen holds a Master of Business Administration in Commercial Engineering from Hasselt University.