The Edge Fellow Program

Edge Fellows

The future means nothing without the present, and our Edge Fellow programme keeps us connected with current industry-leading practice outside of Deloitte. Our Edge Fellows bring visionary thinking, outstanding global expertise, and a wealth of board-level industry connections. While they remain autonomous and typically work with us around one day a week, Edge Fellows connect the Center with invaluable subject matter expertise, while accessing Deloitte’s execution power, to put thinking into practice.

Of our present Edge Fellows, Constantijn van Oranje is a world leader in digital innovation and incubating technology ecosystems. Recently, Rob Bauer joined the Edge Fellow program. His unparalleled experience at the highest levels of military and political leadership will help us jointly explore what resilience and security mean for organisations and society — and bring new urgency to board-level conversations.

We believe that with the subject matter expertise of Edge Fellows and execution power of Deloitte, we can accelerate positive change at our clients.

Together we put topics on the agenda of the CEO that are not there yet but ought to be.
   

Rob Bauer – Resilience & Security

Admiral (retired) Rob Bauer brings one of the most distinguished military careers in recent European history to his role as Edge Fellow for Resilience & Security. From 2021 to 2025, he served as Chair of the NATO Military Committee — the highest-ranking military position in the Alliance and the most senior military adviser to NATO’s political leadership. Before that, he was the Netherlands’ Chief of Defence (2017–2021), overseeing the full modernisation of the Dutch Armed Forces and pioneering collaboration between the military and the private sector.

Rob is a compelling voice on exactly this challenge. He not only identifies what is at stake, but helps organisations understand what concrete steps they must take — from boardroom awareness to operational preparedness — to become truly resilient.

In April 2025, Rob was appointed a Knight in the Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau by King Willem-Alexander in recognition of his exceptional service.
 

Constantijn van Oranje – Ecosystems & Digital Innovation

Constantijn van Oranje co-founded and leads TechLeap.NL, the initiative to turn the Netherlands into a European powerhouse for tech companies. As Special Envoy, he and his team run programmes and connect a community of the most promising and ambitious startup and scale-up founders in the Netherlands — helping them grow internationally by improving their access to capital, market and talent.

Beyond TechLeap, Constantijn holds a number of influential roles at the intersection of technology, investment and security. He is a Board Member of the NATO Innovation Fund — the first multi-sovereign venture capital fund — and a Member of the National Growth Fund Investment Committee, overseeing the allocation of €20 billion in investments in frontier technologies in the Netherlands. He is also Ambassador of the European Innovation Council, and Senior Advisor on Digital Technology & Macro Strategy at Macro Advisory Partners in London and New York.

Earlier in his career, Constantijn served as Chief of Staff to European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, responsible for the European digital agenda, and founded and led the Brussels office of the RAND Corporation. He co-founded StartupFest Europe, still the largest start-up event ever organised in the Netherlands. He was also a member of the High Level Group of Innovators that advised the European Commission on establishing the European Innovation Council.

Constantijn holds a master’s degree in civil law from Leiden University and an MBA from INSEAD. Besides innovation and technology, he is passionate about art, music, photography and nature.