Vincent Defour is the CEO of Trendtracker. Trendtracker is a leader in AI-powered foresight and strategic intelligence. The platform continuously scans billions of data points to detect emerging trends and weak signals. It helps organizations forecast change and shape forward-looking strategies. Based in Ghent, Belgium, Vincent leads a hybrid team of AI experts and foresight specialists. His work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, strategy, and innovation. Vincent Defour is a speaker at the InsurTech Spring Conference. He joins the fireside chat “The AI Sixth Sense: Scaling Human Intuition,” moderated by Don Keleman of Trendtracker, with Hitendra Patel of IXL Center.
Under Vincent’s leadership, Trendtracker has become a trusted strategy partner for global leaders. Its clients include PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Umicore, UEFA, and PwC. In insurance and financial services, its users include Zurich Insurance, Ageas, and Manulife. The platform turns months of research into minutes of actionable insight.
Vincent is also the founder of VIDE Consulting, a strategy advisory practice. Before founding his own ventures, he spent a decade at Möbius Business Redesign. There he worked as a strategy and transformation consultant and head of innovation. His focus included digital transformation, change management, and customer experience design.
Vincent is a strategy and innovation expert and a longtime trendwatcher and foresight analyst. He is known for a hands-on, no-nonsense, delivery-oriented approach. He trained as an industrial engineer at HOWEST in Belgium. He also completed executive master classes at Vlerick Business School and the University of Antwerp.
