Pension investments · Zeist

Data and AI skills to make a new data architecture pay off

PGGM chose Data Booster for a PGGM-branded Data & AI Academy, so every team can work with the data it owns under the new Data Mesh.

Speaker on stage at the kick-off of the PGGM Data & AI Academy

Our impact in numbers

Course completion rates

80%

vs 46% for paid MOOC learners

Data & AI skill growth

+22%

measured before and after

Courses

4

half data, half AI

Industry

Pension investment management

Location

Zeist

Program

Data & AI Academy for the Data Mesh

Learners

500+ colleagues

Format

Grand kick-off, Teams cohorts, manager 1-on-1s

Ran

Before

Data Mesh was coming, and it only pays off if every team can work with the data it owns.

After

Four in five learners completed the track, and measured skills grew 22% across data and AI.

What changed

The 2025 OGSM set the goal that 80% of colleagues would complete the mandatory track. PGGM reached it within four months, with average skill growth of 22%, measured before and after.

Goals sat in the company OGSM, with progress monitored up to ExCo.
Managers discussed data literacy growth in their own teams.
PGGM continues with Data Booster, expanding further into data governance and AI.