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Martijn Eikelenboom

Managing Partner

Head of Arthur D. Little Netherlands

Netherlands

Martijn combines his experience as strategy consultant and business executive to help clients transform into sustainable, digital-age-ready growth businesses.

Areas of Focus

Education

IESE Business School - University of Navarra
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Nyenrode
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Past Experience

ECI/Bertelsmann
CEO
Boston Consulting Group
Principal

Martijn is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little Netherlands and the global head of our Sustainability Strategy practice. He is a member of the senior leadership of our “Strategy & Organization” and “Technology & Innovation Management” global practices.

Martijn focuses on corporate, growth and innovation strategies, with emphasis on media, food, energy, clean tech, chemical, private equity and services industries.

His expertise includes sustainability strategy, digital strategy, data analytics, marketing & sales excellence, and transaction support.

Martijn is former CEO of ECI/Bertelsmann, Benelux’s leading media publisher, distributor, retailer and e-commerce player, where he worked on transforming the company into an online player with award-winning customer service and logistics performances, supported by predictive analytics systems.

He is also founder and chairman of a non-profit timber trading company that helps to protect tropical forests.

Martijn holds a BBA from Nyenrode University and a MBA from IESE. He speaks 5 languages: English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French.

Getting a grip on decarbonization with effective internal carbon pricing
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Financial Services
Getting a grip on decarbonization with effective internal carbon pricing
Regulators and other stakeholders are increasing pressure on organizations to monitor, improve, and share information on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They want increased transparency around targets, timelines, and plans and are increasingly demanding actual results from decarbonization efforts. The number of emission trading schemes (ETS) and carbon taxes is rising worldwide. In 2024, 75 carbon pricing initiatives were in place, covering 24% of global GHG emissions. Other countries are discussing implementing their own carbon pricing schemes.
Find out more
Navigating the voluntary carbon credit market to support net zero targets
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Energy Efficiency
Navigating the voluntary carbon credit market to support net zero targets
Of Forbes 2000 companies that have committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030, a 2023 Net Zero Tracker study reports that 53% plan to use carbon credits, either to offset hard-to-eradicate emissions or to voluntarily advance their targets. However, the carbon offsetting market is still developing, and consumers, customers, and governments are scrutinizing the veracity of many claims. This Viewpoint provides guidance for companies that seek to incorporate carbon credits within their emissions strategies.
Find out more
Closing the emissions gap through carbon capture, utilization & storage
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Energy Efficiency
Closing the emissions gap through carbon capture, utilization & storage
Countries across the world have set ambitious decarbonization targets. However, despite some progress, the gap between aspirations and reality is growing. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising globally, with industrial emissions proving particularly difficult to reduce. Delivering effective industrial decarbonization therefore requires additional levers, specifically carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). This Viewpoint explains the opportunities CCUS provides for businesses and its potential to address climate targets.
Find out more
ESG: Last call to take effective action
ESG: Last call to take effective action
Find out more
Navigating the sustainability journey – a new scenario-based approach to decision-making
Navigating the sustainability journey
Sustainability is one of the few topics that is high on the agenda across all companies, sectors, and countries. Eighty percent of companies in a recent global ADL study[1] had a sustainability strategy in place, and a further 12 percent were developing one.
Find out more
Effectively managing the sustainability transition in an ambiguous world
Effectively managing the sustainability transition in an ambiguous world
Michael Kolk, Martijn Eikelenboom
The need to transition to sustainable business models is a key topic for every senior manager. However, prioritizing sustainability is challenging due to its complexity, competing priorities, and uncertainty around legislation and technology progress. Despite the challenges, it’s crucial for companies to understand the necessary actions they have to take to meet long-term demands and targets. Adopting scenario-based planning is essential to gain this understanding.
Find out more
Toward sustainable, efficient & resilient mobility systems
Travel & transportation
Toward sustainable, efficient & resilient mobility systems
Tom Teixeira, Marcus Beard, François-Joseph Van Audenhove, Martijn Eikelenboom
Most transportation systems and companies have defined elements of their sustainability strategy and launched initiatives related to improving efficiency and strengthening resilience. However, we believe these concepts — sustainability, efficiency, and resilience (SER) — should be considered not in isolation but with a holistic and integrated view.
Find out more
Overcoming the challenges to sustainability
Overcoming the challenges to sustainability
Martijn Eikelenboom, Carlo Stella
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WALKING THE TALK ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Martijn Eikelenboom, Frederik van Oene
Business has a crucial role to play, accounting for some two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions1. Most businesses in the developed economies have already taken at least some measures, however limited, to reduce carbon footprints in the last 20 to 30 years. Today the pace of action within businesses is rapidly accelerating – though some observers would criticize business for achieving too little, too late.
Find out more
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Waste, Water & Circularity
Disruption is now
Michael Kruse, Florence Carlot, Kurt Baes, Irene Macchiarelli, Daniel Monzon, Trung Ghi, Rodolfo Guzman, Carlo Stella, Chiara Loreti, Martijn Eikelenboom, Sally Menassa, Eddy Ghanem, Alexander Krug, Dr. Philipp Seidel, Dr. Michael Opitz
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Corporate sustainability – Using your ecosystem to sustain the ecosystem
Carlo Stella, Martijn Eikelenboom, Trung Ghi, Florent Nansé
It has been nearly 25 years since the Brundtland Report introduced the modern concept of sustainable development, highlighting its three fundamental components – the environment, the economy, and society. Yet since then, despite the many global, regional, and local goals, pledges, and initiatives, society has been largely ineffective in transforming discussions around sustainability into concrete and strategic actions.
Find out more
Energy, Utilities & Resources
Green energy – How to outsmart disruption and future-proof business models
Florence Carlot, Kurt Baes, Martijn Eikelenboom
With more robust global political climate ambitions, green growth is an increasing driver of greater value for energy and utility companies, as well as for corporates across all sectors. With 2020 a green watershed, the authors outline key opportunities that leaders need to seize to futureproof their businesses and increase shareholder value.
Find out more

Martijn is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little Netherlands and the global head of our Sustainability Strategy practice. He is a member of the senior leadership of our “Strategy & Organization” and “Technology & Innovation Management” global practices.

Martijn focuses on corporate, growth and innovation strategies, with emphasis on media, food, energy, clean tech, chemical, private equity and services industries.

His expertise includes sustainability strategy, digital strategy, data analytics, marketing & sales excellence, and transaction support.

Martijn is former CEO of ECI/Bertelsmann, Benelux’s leading media publisher, distributor, retailer and e-commerce player, where he worked on transforming the company into an online player with award-winning customer service and logistics performances, supported by predictive analytics systems.

He is also founder and chairman of a non-profit timber trading company that helps to protect tropical forests.

Martijn holds a BBA from Nyenrode University and a MBA from IESE. He speaks 5 languages: English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French.

Getting a grip on decarbonization with effective internal carbon pricing
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Financial Services
Getting a grip on decarbonization with effective internal carbon pricing
Regulators and other stakeholders are increasing pressure on organizations to monitor, improve, and share information on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They want increased transparency around targets, timelines, and plans and are increasingly demanding actual results from decarbonization efforts. The number of emission trading schemes (ETS) and carbon taxes is rising worldwide. In 2024, 75 carbon pricing initiatives were in place, covering 24% of global GHG emissions. Other countries are discussing implementing their own carbon pricing schemes.
Find out more
Navigating the voluntary carbon credit market to support net zero targets
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Energy Efficiency
Navigating the voluntary carbon credit market to support net zero targets
Of Forbes 2000 companies that have committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030, a 2023 Net Zero Tracker study reports that 53% plan to use carbon credits, either to offset hard-to-eradicate emissions or to voluntarily advance their targets. However, the carbon offsetting market is still developing, and consumers, customers, and governments are scrutinizing the veracity of many claims. This Viewpoint provides guidance for companies that seek to incorporate carbon credits within their emissions strategies.
Find out more
Closing the emissions gap through carbon capture, utilization & storage
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Energy Efficiency
Closing the emissions gap through carbon capture, utilization & storage
Countries across the world have set ambitious decarbonization targets. However, despite some progress, the gap between aspirations and reality is growing. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising globally, with industrial emissions proving particularly difficult to reduce. Delivering effective industrial decarbonization therefore requires additional levers, specifically carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). This Viewpoint explains the opportunities CCUS provides for businesses and its potential to address climate targets.
Find out more
ESG: Last call to take effective action
ESG: Last call to take effective action
Find out more
Navigating the sustainability journey – a new scenario-based approach to decision-making
Navigating the sustainability journey
Sustainability is one of the few topics that is high on the agenda across all companies, sectors, and countries. Eighty percent of companies in a recent global ADL study[1] had a sustainability strategy in place, and a further 12 percent were developing one.
Find out more
Effectively managing the sustainability transition in an ambiguous world
Effectively managing the sustainability transition in an ambiguous world
Michael Kolk, Martijn Eikelenboom
The need to transition to sustainable business models is a key topic for every senior manager. However, prioritizing sustainability is challenging due to its complexity, competing priorities, and uncertainty around legislation and technology progress. Despite the challenges, it’s crucial for companies to understand the necessary actions they have to take to meet long-term demands and targets. Adopting scenario-based planning is essential to gain this understanding.
Find out more
Toward sustainable, efficient & resilient mobility systems
Travel & transportation
Toward sustainable, efficient & resilient mobility systems
Tom Teixeira, Marcus Beard, François-Joseph Van Audenhove, Martijn Eikelenboom
Most transportation systems and companies have defined elements of their sustainability strategy and launched initiatives related to improving efficiency and strengthening resilience. However, we believe these concepts — sustainability, efficiency, and resilience (SER) — should be considered not in isolation but with a holistic and integrated view.
Find out more
Overcoming the challenges to sustainability
Overcoming the challenges to sustainability
Martijn Eikelenboom, Carlo Stella
Find out more
WALKING THE TALK ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Martijn Eikelenboom, Frederik van Oene
Business has a crucial role to play, accounting for some two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions1. Most businesses in the developed economies have already taken at least some measures, however limited, to reduce carbon footprints in the last 20 to 30 years. Today the pace of action within businesses is rapidly accelerating – though some observers would criticize business for achieving too little, too late.
Find out more
Energy, Utilities & Resources, Waste, Water & Circularity
Disruption is now
Michael Kruse, Florence Carlot, Kurt Baes, Irene Macchiarelli, Daniel Monzon, Trung Ghi, Rodolfo Guzman, Carlo Stella, Chiara Loreti, Martijn Eikelenboom, Sally Menassa, Eddy Ghanem, Alexander Krug, Dr. Philipp Seidel, Dr. Michael Opitz
Find out more
Corporate sustainability – Using your ecosystem to sustain the ecosystem
Carlo Stella, Martijn Eikelenboom, Trung Ghi, Florent Nansé
It has been nearly 25 years since the Brundtland Report introduced the modern concept of sustainable development, highlighting its three fundamental components – the environment, the economy, and society. Yet since then, despite the many global, regional, and local goals, pledges, and initiatives, society has been largely ineffective in transforming discussions around sustainability into concrete and strategic actions.
Find out more
Energy, Utilities & Resources
Green energy – How to outsmart disruption and future-proof business models
Florence Carlot, Kurt Baes, Martijn Eikelenboom
With more robust global political climate ambitions, green growth is an increasing driver of greater value for energy and utility companies, as well as for corporates across all sectors. With 2020 a green watershed, the authors outline key opportunities that leaders need to seize to futureproof their businesses and increase shareholder value.
Find out more

More About Martijn
  • IESE Business School - University of Navarra
    Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • University of Nyenrode
    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
  • ECI/Bertelsmann
    CEO
  • Boston Consulting Group
    Principal