The boundaries you push against today become the doors you walk through tomorrow. Every port you leave behind teaches you something the next one needs, so set sail: that’s where the growth happens.
Dr. Cara Antoine is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology, Innovation & Portfolio Officer at Capgemini Europe, where she advises C-suite leaders on AI-powered enterprise transformation, portfolio strategy and digital reinvention. Her career spans Microsoft, Shell, HP/Compaq and Polaroid, turning digital disruption into human advantage.
Cara holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Bradford and is bestselling author of “Make It Personal”, “Women Making a Difference”. and, most recently, “Resilience & Reinvention,” launched in Paris in 2026. She is Honorary Chairwoman and Former President of Women in Tech Netherlands, and Global Chair of G100’s Humanity, Technology & Innovation Wing. She brings 15 years of board experience in life sciences and digital health, including chairing ESCRS’s Digital Transformation Committee and serving on the board of the Hoornvlies Patiënten Vereniging.
Based in the Netherlands, Cara brings three decades of European leadership and a conviction that technology’s greatest power lies in expanding human opportunity.
Who or what provided your possibilities?
When I was 14, an electrical engineering teacher looked at me and said, “I believe in you,” and those four words became the port that carried me through my entire career. That belief taught me something powerful, that once someone hands you their confidence, you eventually learn to hold it yourself. I have spent my career leaning into being the first, sitting at tables where few women sat before me and building spaces where more of us could sit together. That journey became the chapter “Be the First” in “Women Making a Difference,” and it captures the possibility I try to open for other women every day. So my port of possibilities is simple: someone believed in me first, and now I make it my life’s work to tell others, “I believe in you,” too.
This year marks the 14th anniversary of our well-known Honorary Discussions. This event presents the perfect opportunity to get to know students’ perceptions of various issues while sharing your own experience and insights with them. During the Honorary Discussions, 40 inspiring managers from the top of the business field and other fields of expertise will…