Michiel Van Duppen

Michiel has been a Director at horsum since October 2026, following horsum’s acquisition of Smithii, the company he co-founded. Since 2017, Michiel has been helping SMEs become more data-driven, with a strong focus on digital transformation, reporting and data analytics. For clients, this means enabling faster and more objective decision-making by defining the right KPIs, establishing a sound data architecture, and providing accessible and reliable data insights.

Michiel holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (KU Leuven, 2016), followed by a Master’s degree in General Management from Antwerp Management School. He started his professional career at Deloitte, where he gained valuable experience as part of a team specialising in digital transformation, reporting and data analytics. He later co-founded Smithii with Sven Verbiest. Over the past five years, they have supported organisations in successfully delivering advisory projects in financial and operational reporting, data analytics and digital transformation, helping them embed data-driven decision-making into the way they work.