Brechtje de Leij MSc

About Brechtje de Leij

Brechtje de Leij is a leading digital expert in the Netherlands. Brechtje’s nickname is ‘Lady Geek’; she is always involved with the latest technological innovations and gadgets. She is known for her successful mobile strategy at NU.nl, award-winning apps for mobile agency IceMobile and groundbreaking innovations for innovative gadgets such as smartwatches and smart glasses. 

Her widespread mobile knowledge and experience has been published in the management bestseller ‘Mobiele Eenheid, from disruption to digital strategy’. Furthermore, she’s a regular tech columnist for Emerce Magazine.

An outside-in way of thinking is characteristic for Brechtje. She is able to strike a comparison between digital trends and technological developments, and the impact of them on your business. She is able to use her many years of experience within (digital) media, retail, eCommerce and banking.

Brechtje is also the ideal chairman, moderator or round table expert for your event. She brings knowledge, humor and an infectious energy to make every event a success.

Brechtje works as a Digital & Mobile Strategist for her own company B-Digitized. She has a background in science with a MSc in molecular genetics. As a social influencer she has accumulated over 16,3K Twitter followers. In 2014 she made the list of most influential people in the Dutch media, DeMedia100. She has been nominated for DeMedia100 every year since, up to 2022.