Nolda Tipping new director Center for Information Technology

Nolda Tipping-Griffioen will start as general director at the Center for Information Technology (CIT) of the University of Groningen as of July 1, 2024. She also fulfills the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the University. She succeeds Ronald Stolk, who left earlier this year to become founding director of the Dutch AI factory.

Until recently, Nolda Tipping was director of ICT at the Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO) at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. She previously worked for several years at Shell in various countries and positions, including as Offshore project manager. She is also part of SER Top Women, part of the SER Diversity and Inclusion programme. Nolda Tipping studied Industrial Engineering at Delft University of Technology.

Nolda Tipping is pleased with her appointment as general director of the CIT. "I look forward to working in the dynamic environment of education and research and contributing to the further development of ICT within the UG. At CIT I see people who are very passionate about their profession and tabout he University. I think that's great and I'm really looking forward to working with such colleagues."

Themes such as privacy and security, artificial intelligence and customer focus will be high on the agenda in the coming years. "Nowadays, almost nothing can be done without ICT, let's use that to our advantage to position the UG well as a University. I see that as part of my mission."