Renout van Hove

Renout van Hove doesn’t just advise on AI — he builds with it, every day. 

As AI Accelerator at PerPetum Energy, one of Belgium’s leading renewable energy companies (600MW+ capacity), he built over 20 internal applications using AI in the past year alone. Not prototypes. Production tools that changed how a 50-person organisation operates. 

That hands-on experience is what separates his keynotes from the typical consultant talk. When Renout speaks about AI transformation, he’s sharing what he’s learned from actually doing it — at scale, in a regulated industry, with real employees and real resistance. 

Before his current ventures, Renout held senior positions at Dell, Salesforce, and Showpad. He authored “Obsessed” (2019), a book on customer data strategy that was already warning businesses to prepare for the AI era before ChatGPT existed. 

Today he operates across multiple ventures: Quest2S (his management consultancy), GrowthAgent (AI-powered customer growth), and SiNergy (a joint venture with Delaware targeting €10M ARR in financial orchestration for renewable energy). He also co-founded Spectra Lash, bringing AI-assisted R&D to the beauty industry. 

His keynotes aren’t motivational speeches with robot stock photos. They’re structured, honest, sometimes uncomfortable sessions that show leadership teams what AI really means for their organisation — the opportunity, the risk, and the math. 

Renout speaks in English, Dutch, and French. He delivers keynotes, half-day workshops, and full AI enablement programmes including train-the-trainer formats for organisations of 50 to 5,000 employees.