As one of the Netherlands’ largest pension asset managers, PGGM operates in a highly regulated and data-intensive environment where trusted data is essential for investment decisions, risk management, reporting, and long-term strategic planning. To support its broader Strategy 2030 , PGGM deliberately chose Data Mesh as the foundation of its future data organisation. Together with Datashift, PGGM is transforming the way data is owned, governed, and consumed across the organisation. Moving away from centralised bottlenecks, the organisation embraces key Data Mesh principles such as Data as a Product, domain-driven ownership, and federated governance to create scalable and accountable data management. A key part of this journey is operationalising data governance within a distributed architecture. Leveraging Collibra, PGGM established a framework for dataset certification, data quality management, and trusted data products. Through clear processes, governance playbooks, and oversight dashboards, the organisation enables greater transparency, accountability, and self-service access to reliable data. This session offers an honest look at the lessons learned throughout the implementation, the challenges of organisational change, and the concrete impact achieved so far. It also explores the next steps in PGGM’s ongoing Data Mesh evolution and how the organisation continues to scale trusted data across the enterprise.

As one of the Netherlands’ largest pension asset managers, PGGM operates in a highly regulated and data-intensive environment where trusted data is essential for investment decisions, risk management, reporting, and long-term strategic planning. To support its broader Strategy 2030 , PGGM deliberately chose Data Mesh as the foundation of its future data organisation. Together with Datashift, PGGM is transforming the way data is owned, governed, and consumed across the organisation. Moving away from centralised bottlenecks, the organisation embraces key Data Mesh principles such as Data as a Product, domain-driven ownership, and federated governance to create scalable and accountable data management. A key part of this journey is operationalising data governance within a distributed architecture. Leveraging Collibra, PGGM established a framework for dataset certification, data quality management, and trusted data products. Through clear processes, governance playbooks, and oversight dashboards, the organisation enables greater transparency, accountability, and self-service access to reliable data. This session offers an honest look at the lessons learned throughout the implementation, the challenges of organisational change, and the concrete impact achieved so far. It also explores the next steps in PGGM’s ongoing Data Mesh evolution and how the organisation continues to scale trusted data across the enterprise.