John Smolenaers

John Smolenaers has over 20 years of experience in compensation, benefits, and workforce transformation roles. John currently serves as the Global Head of Total Rewards at Nexperia, where they lead the Center of Excellence for Total Rewards and oversees the design and execution of compensation and employee benefits programs globally. Prior to that, they worked at Palo Alto Networks as the Head of Compensation & Benefits for various regions. John also has experience in workforce transformation and HR analytics as a Partner at Deloitte Nederland. Earlier in their career, they worked at Pensioen & Praktijk as an Editor and at Towers Watson in various roles, including Service Line Leader Corporate HR and Actuary/Senior Consultant. John's expertise lies in developing and implementing comprehensive total rewards strategies to attract and retain top talent.

John Smolenaers' education history is as follows:

- From 1996 to 2001, they studied Actuarial Sciences and earned an MSc degree from the University of Amsterdam.

- In 2000, they also obtained a Master of Science degree in Actuarial Sciences from the University of Amsterdam.

- In 2000 and 2002, they attended the Actuarieel Instituut and earned an AAG degree in Actuarial Sciences.

- In 2010 and 2011, they pursued Interactie Management at Stichting TopOpleidingen.

- In 2015, they completed the WFT PE Plus Adviseur Pensioen program at NIBE/SVV.

- In 2016, they attended NIBE-SVV Opleidingen and obtained a degree in WFT Inkomen.

- In 2018, they received training in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) at Deloitte.

Additionally, John Smolenaers has obtained various certifications, such as Introduction to Generative AI from Coursera and multiple certifications related to design thinking, human resources, learning, project management, talent management, and more from LinkedIn.