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Briana Van Strijp

Chief Operating Officer at Climate

Netherlands

Overview 

Briana van Strijp is the COO at Climate-KIC, Europe's largest public-private innovation partnership for climate action. With a background in HR consulting and strategic planning, she has held key leadership roles at Anthemis Group and Suncorp Group, demonstrating expertise in organizational effectiveness and building strategic partnerships. Highlights of her career include serving as Chief Operating Officer at Climate-KIC and holding various leadership positions at Anthemis Group, where she excelled in driving organizational change and fostering strategic partnerships in the FinTech sector.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2023 - Current

  • Founding Member UK

    2023

Chief is a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.

Raised $140,000,000.00 from BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Notable Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Inspired Capital Partners, Flybridge and CapitalG.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2021 - 2023

  • Partner

    2019 - 2023

  • COO

    2018 - 2021

  • Chief People Officer

    2017 - 2021

  • Director

    2016 - 2017

  • External Associate

    2016 - 2016

  • Strategic Innovation Principal (International Assignments)

    2014 - 2015

    Emerging Tech | Global Partnerships | In-market Experimentation | Business model design | Future Scaping | Systemic Risk

  • Strategic Innovation Principal

    2013 - 2014

    Disruptive Innovation I Business Model Design I Systems Change | Strategic Risk Management I Portfolio of Options I Project Management I Global Startup Partnerships I Venturing

  • Principal HR Business Partner - Strategic Innovation

    2012 - 2013

    Organisational Design | Work Design | Business Model Design Contributed to the design and advent of a newly created embedded capability to drive the Strategic Innovation agenda across a team of 5,000 and with direct engagement of the Board to deliver Insights. Deliberately developmental design: designing people systems that are deliberately developmental, adaptive and experimental to support the innovation function and develop strategic leadership capabilities.

  • Principal HR Business Partner (Program and Change), Personal Insurance

    2011 - 2013

    People Strategy | Organisational Design | Transformation | Scaling Cultural DNA | Program Management | Ops Led the design, planning and execution of the three year People strategy and strategic workforce plan for Suncorp Personal Insurance (5,500 people), including leading transformational change initiatives and enabling business outcomes through development of capability and culture.

  • Principal HR Business Partner - Niche Markets & General Insurance Chief Risk Office

    2009 - 2011

    People Strategy | M&A integration | Cultural alignment | Transformational Change

  • Senior HR Advisor Direct Niche, Specialist Brands

    2006 - 2009

    Organisational Design | Employee Value Proposition | Culture Change

  • HR Consultant

    2002 - 2006

  • HR Coordinator

    2001 - 2002

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