Rotterdam’s Chief Digital Officer steps down early

Bas Boorsma took the helm as Rotterdam’s first Chief Digital Officer in August 2021, with big ambitions, high hopes and funding in place for a team for two years. He has now announced that he is stepping down from the beginning of next month.

Boorsma told Cities Today that holding the position had been an “honour” and he “enjoyed the role massively”, but he cited challenges too, such as political shifts that resulted in a lack of alignment on the scope of digital transformation.

Having worked in the urban innovation space for over two decades, the city role provided Boorsma with the opportunity to round out his experience from the private sector and in academia. He worked at Cisco for ...