Petra J. Zijlstra

Petra J. Zijlstra currently serves as the Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDO) at Pandora, beginning in March 2023. In addition to this role, Petra has been a member of the Program Review Board for the Business IT MBA at Nyenrode Business University since May 2016. Prior experience includes serving as Group CDO at Royal Dutch Shell from July 2021 to March 2023, and holding various roles within Shell from September 2015, including CIO of Chemicals Downstream and Enterprise IT Category Manager. Petra has also worked as CIO at Europool System International BV, Director F&IT at KPN Corporate Market, and held managerial positions at Nike EMEA and Cambridge Technology Partners. Petra holds an MSc in Information Technology from Middlesex University and is currently pursuing further education at INSEAD.