Josefien Glaudemans

Partner

Kerkenbos 10-31
6501 BL Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Josefien studied American Studies & Economic Geography at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After her graduation in 1996, Josefien joined PepsiCo Restaurants International and was responsible for the market planning of new restaurants for Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell in Europe/Africa/Middle East. In 1998 Josefien joined BCI Global and she further specialized in the international business development, location strategies and location selection for multinational companies. Clients include amongst others: ADM, ADP, Allen & Overy, Baker & McKenzie, Barclays, Columbia Sportswear, Cummins Business Services, Dell Computers, Donaldson, Exxon Mobil, Freshfields, Fortitech, Hewlett-Packard, Hogan Lovells, Ingram Micro, Microsoft, NCR, Premier Farnel, SAP, Sento, Siemens, Specsavers, Tate & Lyle, White & Case and X-Rite. For many of these projects Josefien has practical on the ground experience in all Western, Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern European countries, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, China, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the USA.

Josefien is regarded an expert on location selection and is often asked as workshop host and speaker on location selection, such as for a.o. the IQPC Shared Services & Outsourcing Network and the Conference Board.

Articles

Global Legal Support Location Strategies
22-03-2022

Legal firms are looking at ways to optimize their legal services as the conventional way of working 100% in the office has been radically challenge ...

Assuring software development talent in Europe
24-02-2022

The shortage of software developers is pushing companies in Europe to become more creative regarding sourcing new talent and developing future proo ...

Right-shoring location strategies for Support Centers
01-09-2021

Although the vast majority of multinational companies already has some sort of support model in place, the global Support Services market is still ...

Virtual, Hybrid or Going Back to the Office? How to make the strategic decision for your company’s office operations? - white paper
17-06-2021

There is a lot of uncertainty about what the post-pandemic future of work will look like, there are quite opposing views with strong voices for &ld ...

Working in the office or at home – what is your new corporate strategy?
28-08-2020

Due to covid-19 driven lockdowns and social distancing measures, an unprecedented work-from-home strategy is impacting all office-related operation ...

Are virtual support solutions here to stay?
15-06-2020

Next to many unpleasant economic and supply chain effects of Covid-19 in all parts of the globe, another key effect of Covid-19 is an unprecedented ...

Changing Location Strategies for Software Development Centers
02-12-2019

For more than 10 years now software developers have been amongst the top-3 hardest to fill jobs all over the world. Selecting the right location in ...

More Tech Talent in Support & Services Centers
19-07-2019

Finding the optimal location for new Support & Services Centers has always been talent driven. But now technical skills are becoming decisive a ...

How can locations help to cope with labor market challenges?
14-10-2018

Availability of the right people, increasing labor costs and the need for changing skills set are key issues for many companies. Finding optimal lo ...

News and columns

24 for ’24: Emerging Tech Hubs Around the World
04-12-2023

In an exclusive report, the expert team at Netherlands-based BCI Global takes a close look at two dozen ‘out-of-the-box’ cities for fut ...

Forbes Magazine: BCI Global among the Best Management Consulting Firms
20-03-2019

Nijmegen, the Netherlands headquartered consulting firm BCI Global has made it to Forbes’ 2019 list of America’s Best Management Consul ...

New agricultural machinery plant lands in Hungary
15-06-2016

Illinois based agricultural equipment manufacturer GSI opened a year ago its first European manufacturing plant. Location of choice is Biatorb&aacu ...

Emirates call center flies to Budapest
15-05-2014

Dubai based Emirates Airlines has announced it will open its seconds customer contact centre in Europe with a 300 seat facility in Budapest this ye ...

Hogan Lovells to set up new legal Services Center in Birmingham
15-05-2014

Hogan Lovells, a leading global law firm, is to set up a Legal Services Center in Birmingham, United Kingdom to deliver high quality cost-effective ...

Allen & Overy sets up back office center in Belfast
03-02-2011

Law firm Allen & Overy is active in 26 countries with more than 5,000 employees. Wim Dejonghe, A&O’s managing partner of the London b ...