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Henk Rottinghuis: ‘Curiosity is more important than knowledge’
He may have a wealth of experience as member of both management and supervisory boards, but Henk Rottinghuis does not like routine. On the contrary: ‘I am curious about tomorrow, about the things I do not know yet. If I leave a meeting with the same opinion as when I entered, it was not a good meeting.’
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Karl Guha: ‘Zero risk means zero reward’
Karl Guha, chairman of the supervisory board of ING, has over thirty years of experience in international banking. A conversation on risk-taking, (over)regulation, and the Dutch tendency to break ranks with Europe. ‘In the past, the CEO was the first to be held responsible if something went wrong at a financial institution. Now, the chairman of the supervisory board is held equally responsible.’
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Ready for the 2026 AGMs
Geopolitical risks, the rise of AI, and sustainability will dominate the agenda of the upcoming AGMs. What issues should company secretaries take into account? During the annual seminar AGM 2026 - What’s New?, company secretaries were updated for the coming season.
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‘Investor engagement is a year-round activity’
The AGM season – the time of year when the general meeting of shareholders is held – no longer exists. The relationship with shareholders requires attention throughout the year, according to investor relations specialists Kirsten van Rooijen and Ivana Cvjetkovic of Computershare and Georgeson. ‘Investor engagement is a year-round activity.’
Europe must defend its corporate governance values
Geopolitical tensions, crumbling alliances, and the politicization of international business are forcing management and supervisory board members to reconsider good corporate governance. Jeroen Veldman advocates for a Europe First strategy to provide the boardroom with a robust framework.
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Leadership in the digital age
Companies that stand still fall behind and lose market share to agile newcomers without baggage. Modern leaders know this and succeed in keeping their organizations agile.
‘A leader needs both reason and intuition’
Kaya de Lange is the winner of the Young Captain Award 2025. The jury praised her vision, authenticity, decisiveness, and ability to connect people.
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Jack de Kreij: ‘Optimize, evaluate, and re-adjust’
De Kreij sees the supervisory board as a perpetual motion machine in which colleagues are constantly working together to find the connections between current and complex issues.
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Maarten Camps (UWV): ‘A different mindset is needed’
Do more to prevent absenteeism and be open to employees who do not fit the ideal picture, says Maarten Camps.
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Invest in a people-centric digital work environment
Many organizations are actively working to optimize their digital work environment. However, it is often too narrowed on technology and processes, with too little attention paid to the needs of employees.
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‘A supervisory board can sometimes be a pain in the ass’
Last summer, Annette Ottolini officially retired as CEO of water company Evides. Now it is time for a new phase in her working life: as a supervisory director.
Ron Keller: ‘The geopolitical reset will take decades’
Former top diplomat Ron Keller sees a way out of the crisis the European continent is facing by making Europe more decisive, secure, and prosperous.
Rutger van der Leeuw (Enexis): ‘More copper in the ground is not the solution’
As CEO of Enexis he strives to achieve a balance between social impact and business results.
Daniele Tonella (ING): ‘Innovation is also about behavior and governance’
As cto of ING, Daniele Tonella is responsible for the bank's entire IT landscape: ‘everything that contains a chip or line of code’, as he puts it.
Millennial leaders are warming up – and here is what you can expect
With the millennial generation knocking on the door, boardrooms in the Netherlands are hearing a new voice.
Barbara Bier: ‘We need to correct this omission’
Professor Barbara Bier of Nyenrode Business University believes that more attention should be paid to the one-tier board in the corporate governance code.
Siete Hamminga and Guus Verhees on Robin Radar's scale-up journey
From birdwatcher to drone detector: Robin Radar has grown into a global company. We are in conversation with the founder and with the investor.
Vincent Tuk (Eneco): ‘Data is key in this new energy world’
Cto Vincent Tuk and his team play a crucial role in the organization’s tech-first ambitions. 'Our tech team and our business team are fully integrated.’
Petri Hofsté: ‘They conceive, we approve – that separation is too rigid’
Petri Hofsté learned to supervise without the extensive regulations, protocols, codes, and supervisory visions that are now inevitable.
Robbert van Rutten (Shell): ‘A more flexible and competitive IT organization’
Robbert van Rutten (cio): ‘The change in the reporting line recognizes that the impact of technology is undeniable.’
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Mark Rutten: ‘We can make bigger investments’
Mark Rutten (cfo) on his ambitions at Swinkels: Thinking more internationally and being a little bolder when it comes to investments.
Elections 2025: ‘A stable economic policy will help us move forward’
How can a new cabinet give the Dutch business and investment climate a boost and accelerate innovation? Three political specialists discuss this topic.
Board agenda 2035: ‘Contributing ideas instead of monitoring’
Nyenrode celebrated the seventy-fifth edition of the Nyenrode Board of Commissioners Program with a symposium on the management agenda of the future.
René van Vlerken (Euronext): ‘The end goal is a European capital market’
Euronext CEO René van Vlerken has concerns about the Dutch and European capital markets.
Corné Greyling: ‘The COSEC navigates an increasingly complex landscape’
Corné Greyling, company secretary of Ahold Delhaize, sees modern company secretaries as multifunctional governance experts.
André van der Linden: ‘Make cybersecurity as self-evident as fire safety’
The Royal FloraHolland CIO is tasked with successfully leading a traditional cooperative into the digital age.
How long-term investments can strengthen Europe
Chantal Schrijver, head of the Dutch office of the European Investment Bank, describes how the EIB is solving problems surrounding European competitiveness.
Dutch competitiveness: ‘We must innovate to win’
Marc Zegveld, managing director, and Thijmen van Bree, senior researcher at TNO, translated the Draghi Report findings into recommendations for the Dutch situation.
Florian van Rijn van Alkemade: ‘One unicorn does not mean a successful industry’
Eternal Sun, a specialist in solar simulation for testing solar panels, proved that Europe can indeed scale up technologically.
Sandra Phlippen: ‘A CO2 tax is not a punishment’
Sustainable transition is inevitable, says Sandra Phlippen (ABN AMRO), as countries will reach a point where the cost of inaction exceeds the cost of the transition.
Europe must chart its own course on China
Europe is still being carried along by America, with the result that European companies are being surprised by Chinese competitors they had underestimated.
Raymond van Eck (Fairphone): ‘We are done being the exception’
Fairphone-CEO Raymond van Eck wants to scale up as a producer of sustainable and fair smartphones without compromising on core values.
CFO, take control of the profit forecast
When companies adjust their profit forecasts, it can have an immense impact on the share price.
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