Derreck van Gelderen

Affiliation

PA Consulting

Biography

Derreck van Gelderen is PA Consulting's Head of AI Strategy and AI Lead for Energy and Utilities. He leads the AI and Investment Strategy practice across private and public sector organisations. With over 15 years' experience in designing, developing, and deploying complex models, Derreck bridges the gap between strategic advisory, data and emerging AI technologies. He specialises in guiding organisations through their AI journeys – from understanding AI's disruptive potential and identifying strategic opportunities, to deploying industry-first AI solutions and scaling enterprise-wide AI adoption. Before consulting, Derreck lectured at the University of Bristol while completing his PhD in Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics.