Corporate Governance and Digital Transformation Strengthening Leadership of the Board of Directors in the Digital Era

PART I Business Perspective 1 Evolving Digital Transformations. 2 Technology Innovation Trends. 3 Corporate Governance Requires More Knowledge and Focus on Digital. PART II Digital Transformations Corporate Governance Stewardship 4 Corporate Governance Structures and Measures Options. 5 Corporate Governance on Digital Transformations Enhancements. PART III Guiding and Supervising Digital Transformations by Adequate Corporate Governance 6 The Information Technology and Innovation Committee. 7 Authority and Purpose. 8 Mandate and Responsibility. 9 Contribution to Corporate Development. 10 Relationship between the Information Technology and Innovation Committee and the Audit Committee. 11 Composition of the Information Technology and Innovation Committee. PART IV Aligning Corporate Governance and Digital Transformations 12 Introduction of a Digi-Dashboard for Non-Executive Directors. 13 Corporate Governance in 2040. 

Biography

Erik Beulen is Information Management Professor at the University of Manchester and Alliance Manchester Business School, UK. His research focuses on digital transformations, corporate governance, data analytics and platforms. Furthermore, Erik has over 30 years of international industry and consulting experience. Currently he is an external advisor at Bain & Company. He is also an independent member of the Data Committee of Royal Flora Holland.

Ries Bode holds a BSc in Electronics Engineering and Information Technology and attended the Advanced Management Program and IN-BOARD Non-Executive Leadership Program at INSEAD. He worked for over 40 years in the IT and Telecom industries, starting as a computer engineer and consultant, followed by 10 years as executive manager at KPN, was Managing Director of UUNET Netherlands and finally, held positions as interim executive and chief information officer for 20 years. Since 2009 he has served as a non-executive board member on several Board of Directors (BoDs) in the digital logistics, maritime and healthcare sectors. Since 2016 he started lecturing on corporate governance and digital transformations.

An essential read for today’s business world, this book shows how digital transformation disrupts the economy and reshapes corporate governance. Built on solid academic research and rich with practical guidance, it uniquely equipes board members (executives as well as non-executives) and business scholars to translate technological and strategic implications into resilient, future-ready corporate governance practices.

 - Prof. Dr. Jana Oehmichen, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, 2026

Without digital governance, digital ambition remains only an intention. Digital transformation is the critical success factor and the foundation for performance and scalability. At the same time, digital governance helps organizations to manage risks in a timely manner and capture opportunities in a targeted way. This book shows, through concrete and tangible examples, how to put digital governance into practice. A resourceful book for non-executives and board members in this digital era.

- Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen, Non-executive director Siemens Nederland N.V, Non-Executive director & chair audit committee MN Fiduciary asset management, Non Executive Director HBC Group, 2026 

Corporate Governance and Digital Transformations is a timely and highly useful contribution to the governance literature because it treats digital transformation as a board-level stewardship challenge rather than simply a technical or managerial one. 

The authors move further into the design of governance itself. Their proposals around the Information Technology & Innovation committee and the Digi-Dashboard, offer boards a practical architecture for sustained engagement with digital transformation. Overall, this is a constructive book that broadens the conversation to continuous governance of digital transformation as a strategic domain for both scholars and practicing (non-)executive board members who want to move from reactive oversight toward informed digital stewardship.

- Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2026

This great book offers new perspectives on how governance must adapt for the age of AI, quantum, and digital transformation. Leaders will learn how to strengthen governance through structured oversight, including IT and innovation committees. Embedding digital expertise in the Board of Directors accelerates success while managing risk. This is what we need. A must-read for current and aspiring non-executive board members. It is a unique, one-of-a-kind book, I highly recommend it.

- Job Voorhoeve, Global Digital Practice Leader at Amrop and CEO of the Digitization Hub, the Netherlands, 2026