A network of experts

Nick Fransen

Co-Founder — Innovation & Organisational Design

Nick principally leads Occam's innovation and organisational design services, advising organisations on strategic direction, organisational effectiveness, and structured value creation.

He has a background in economics, and extensive experience in strategic analysis, innovation portfolio development, and organisational transformation across sectors.

Within the firm, he brings economic rigour and disciplined strategic thinking to complex transformation challenges.

Stephan van der Waart van Gulik, PhD

Co-Founder — AI & Organisational Design

Stephan principally leads Occam's AI services, advising organisations on the strategic adoption of AI.

He combines an academic background in AI and formal logic with extensive experience as a senior IT architect, having built and implemented large-scale, data-intensive enterprise systems.

Within the firm, he brings a combination of extensive theoretical grounding and applied engineering experience to complex organisational challenges.

Wouter Roosen

Executive Director — Supply Chain & Logistics

Wouter leads Occam's supply chain and logistics services, supporting organisations in strengthening end-to-end supply chain performance and translating strategic direction into operational execution.

He has a background in economics, and extensive experience in supply chain management and logistics optimisation.

Within the firm, he brings execution discipline and implementation focus to complex strategic and operational challenges.

Sven Bonne

Executive Director — Organisational Design

Sven supports Occam's organisational design services, advising organisations on performance, governance, and capital structures with rigorous methodology and analytical precision.

He has a background in finance, and extensive experience in corporate finance, M&A, and transaction advisory across leading financial institutions and international advisory environments.

Within the firm, he brings deep financial expertise and structured thinking to complex organisational and strategic challenges.

Note: Sven is an external advisor, acting on behalf of a limited partner.

Federico Faroldi, PhD

Independent expert — AI Governance & Regulatory Compliance

Federico advises Occam on AI governance and regulatory compliance, focusing on organisations' strategic positioning under the EU AI Act.

Federico is professor of Ethics, Law and AI and of Legal Informatics, and director of the Center for Reasoning, Normativity and AI (CERNAI), at the University of Pavia, Italy. He’s Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Human-compatible AI at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He’s been a member of the EU Commission working group for the EU AI Act Code of Practice.

He has an academic background in philosophy, formal logic, law and AI, and extensive experience in AI regulation, normative risk, and the legal-philosophical foundations of AI governance. 

He combines academic rigour with applied regulatory expertise to support organisations navigating the EU AI Act.