Jeroen van der Vlugt serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence.
He is responsible for the Defense strategy and policy on IT, cyber, data science and artificial intelligence (AI). In this role, Jeroen acts as the primary advisor for the information domain to the Secretary of Defence. As CIO, Jeroen is also a member of the Defence executive board reporting directly to the Secretary-General of Defence.

Previously, Jeroen worked as a partner for a strategy consulting firm leading the technology portfolio, and was entrepreneur in the field of datascience and innovation. Jeroen holds a master degree in Econometrics (University of Groningen).