We’d like to share that Peter Coesmans will be stepping down from his role as Chief Agility Officer at the Agile Business Consortium at the end of July, following a four-year journey that has helped shape where we are today.
Peter was the first person to hold this role, and together we built something meaningful, helping shape and articulate our vision to make the world of work better through business agility. He launched our now annual Agile Business Awards & Conference, which is in its third year and shines a spotlight on organisations making a real impact through agility.
He also authored our annual Insights Reports, based on lessons from the Awards, which have consistently inspired our community and guided agile practice. Over the past four years, we’ve grown our global presence and built international recognition among our peers - something we’re proud of and committed to continuing.
Peter played a central role in developing and evolving our Framework for Business Agility, bringing structure and coherence to disciplines across people, culture, leadership, governance, strategy, change, and operations. As a highly visible advocate for the Consortium, he represented us at events around the globe, from our flagship Awards conference to international platforms like EOQ, where he presented on VUCA and business agility. Alongside this, Peter served as a valued member of our executive team and Board, bringing a practitioner’s voice to our governance.
He also founded several ongoing communities and Special Interest Groups, such as the Business Agility Think Tank and the Business Agility Knowledge Network – creating spaces for collaboration, shared learning, and deeper engagement across the agile community.
We’re pleased that Peter will continue as a director on the Consortium’s Board and remain actively involved across several key initiatives, including returning as host of the 2025 Awards.
We’d like to thank Peter for his dedication, leadership, and the positive, agile culture he has helped to build. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved together and look forward to continuing our partnership with him in his new capacity.
As we look to the future, we’ll be evolving the Chief Agility Officer role into its next iteration, and we’ll share more on what that looks like soon.
This change doesn’t signal a shift away from business agility - quite the opposite. We remain firmly committed to progressing and promoting business agility through our products, learning platform, research, the ongoing development of our Framework for Business Agility, and our new membership offering. The work continues - and we’re excited about what’s to come.
Karen McAllen
Managing Director, Agile Business Consortium