Company Structure

Supervisory board:

M.A.M. (Michiel) Boersma (Chairman)
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Essent N.V. –
Appointed: 2010

Th.M. (Thomas) Cohn
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Siemens Nederland N.V. –
Appointed: 2004

J.F.J.M. (Jeroen) de Haas
Chairman of the Executive Board of N.V. ENECO –
Appointed: 2007

P.C. (Peter) Molengraaf
Chairman of the Executive Board of Alliander N.V. –
Appointed: 2008

P. (Peter) Terium
Chief Executive Officer of Essent N.V. –
Appointed: 2010

P.E.G. (Pieter) Trienekens
Member of the Executive Board of N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie –
Appointed: 2010

U. (Ullrich) Wältken
Former Senior Vice-President of The Boston Consulting Group GmbH –
Appointed: 2004 

Executive Board:  

Th. (Thijs) Aarten, Chairman of the Executive Board  

Thijs Aarten graduated from Delft University (The Netherlands) in 1980. After his military service, Thijs started his professional career in 1981 where he subsequently worked for various companies of Royal Dutch Shell, Royal Pakhoed/Vopak, Shell Global Solutions, and – since May 2006 – KEMA. Thijs has worked and lived in the Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China and he now has his office in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Thijs is married and has one daughter and three sons.


J.W.J. (Hans) van Haarst, Chief operating officer

Hans van Haarst has over 25 years’ experience in international management in the chemical and process industry. Prior to joining AkzoNobel, Van Haarst worked for ExxonMobil and Accenture. Van Haarst also holds various managerial positions, among others at the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) and Stichting NAP (Dutch platform for the process industry chain). Van Haarst graduated in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.

J.J.W.M. (Jos) Huijbregts, Chief financial officer

Jos Huijbregts has over 20 years of international experience in various financial positions. Before joining Infinitas Learning, he worked for a number of companies, including Getronics, Christie’s International (Amsterdam, Paris and New York) and Randstad, where his duties included leading the merger and acquisition program in Europe and Asia. Huijbregts graduated in Econometrics from the VU University Amsterdam and has completed the Advanced Management Programs at both INSEAD and Harvard University.

Staff Directors:

P.X.H.M. (Ferdy) Dautzenberg – Director of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions
C. (Caroline) Kamerbeek – Director Corporate Marketing & Communications
A. (Arno) Tuinebreijer – Global HR Director 
S.A.M. (Anne) van der Weegen – General Counsel & Secretary to the Corporation


Global Business Line Directors:

R.S. (Rich) Barnes – Global Director Sustainable Use
P.M.G. (Pierre) Bartholomeus – Global Director Gas Consulting Services 
G.D. (Gerd) Enoch – Global Director Testing, Inspections & Certification
G.H. (Gunnar) Heymann – Global Director Electricity Transmission & Distribution 
G.H. (Gunnar) Heymann  – Global Director Transportation Services a.i. 
R.T. (Rob) Wilhite III – Global Director Management & Operations Consulting
A.G.L. (André) Zeijseink – Global Director Power Generation & Renewables


Managing Directors

D. (Dirk) Fenske – Managing Director Europe
J.P. (Jacob) Fontijne – Managing Director Netherlands, Middle East & Africa
H. (Hugo) van Nispen – Managing Director Americas
G.W. (Willem) van Putten – Managing Director Asia Pacific