Top 100 Corporate Women
Top 100 Corporate Women 2026
Miriam van Dongen is once again the most influential woman in the Dutch corporate world. What stands out is that ‘our’ 100 women are not very visible, while this is sorely needed, given that progress on gender balance at the top of the business world is still lagging in the Netherlands.
(1) Miriam van Dongen
At the top of the list is Miriam van Dongen, who, similar to last year, owes her position and her ranking primarily to three high-profile supervisory board roles: at Rabobank, insurer Achmea, and trading firm Optiver.
(2) Pauline van der Meer Mohr
The number 2 spot is also a stable factor, as the silver medal goes, just like last year, to multi-board member Pauline van der Meer Mohr, a board member of, among others, NN Group, Ahold Delhaize, and ASM International (where she chairs the supervisory board). She also oversees the Mauritshuis Museum. Like Van Dongen, Van der Meer Mohr has long held supervisory roles.
(56) Petri Hofsté
Third place also goes to a familiar face on this list: Petri Hofsté. Hofsté topped the Top 100 Corporate Women list no fewer than seven times. Last year, she suddenly dropped to 56th place. That was entirely due to her departure from Rabobank’s supervisory board. Last year, we also predicted her expected return to the top of this ranking, due to her appointment to ING’s supervisory board; that appointment fell just outside the cutoff date last year but now counts in full.
(-) Roelien Ritsema van Eck
Roelien Ritsema van Eck is the highest-ranked executive on the list. For the majority of her workweek, she serves as chair of the board of directors at housing association De Alliantie. In addition, she regularly sets aside part of a day for non-executive roles at companies including Univé and ABN AMRO Hypotheken Groep.
(8) Marike Bonhof
Marike Bonhof has risen from No. 8 to No. 5. She is CFO of Ymere and supervisory board member at Stedin, among others.
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Justification
A female director is eligible if she holds one or more positions as a Supervisory Board member or Director with the most important businesses in the Netherlands. By this, we mean companies that are listed on the AEX, AMX (MidCap), or AScX (SmallCap) index and unlisted companies with equity in excess of 1 billion Euros. Foreign women are only eligible if they hold an executive position or at least two non-executive positions in these companies.
Allocation of points
All women are awarded points based on the amount of equity held by the companies where they hold a position. Executive positions for these businesses are worth more points than supervisory roles. In addition, the non-executive directors receive points for Chairmanships of Supervisory Boards or Executive Boards and Chairmanships of audit, remuneration and nomination committees.
In line with the corporate governance code for large companies, we assume a maximum of five points for supervisory positions: two for a chairmanship and one for a membership, together a full time commitment. A CEO gets six points.
Finally, points are awarded for supervisory roles for large overseas companies, universities, universities of applied science, hospitals, and other large businesses.
Cut-off date
The cut-off date for the rankings is 1 May 2026.