Members of the Management Board

Mr. I.D. (Ingrid) Thijssen, Member and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Ir. P.C.(Peter) Molengraaf, MBA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Drs. M.R. (Mark) van Lieshout, Member and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

P.C. (Peter) Molengraaf, MBA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Career

Peter Molengraaf (1965) has been chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Alliander since 30 June 2009. From 2005 to 2009 he held various management positions at Nuon, lastly as chairman of the management board of the network operator. Prior to 2005, he held various positions at Shell, including Manager of the European Customer Service Centre, Cross-Business IT Manager and Commercial Director at Shell Nederland Verkoopmaatschappij.

Peter Molengraaf studied information technology at Delft University of Technology and obtained his MBA at Erasmus University's Rotterdam School of Management. Peter Molengraaf is a Dutch national.

Supervisory Board memberships / relevant other positions:

  • Chairman of Netbeheer Nederland (Association of Energy Network Operators in the Netherlands)
  • Chairman of the employers' association for Energy, Cable & Telecom and Waste & Environment Businesses (WENb)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Vopak Nederland B.V. 1
  • Member of the High Level Group of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Smart Cities and Communities (advisory body of the European Commission)
  • Member of Board of Directors of European Distribution System Operators for Smart Grids (EDSO)

M.R. (Mark) van Lieshout
Member and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Career

Mark van Lieshout (1963) has been a member of the Management Board and CFO of Alliander since 1 January 2010. From 2008 to 2010, he was Alliander's Director of Finance, Treasury and Tax Affairs. Between 2003 and 2008, he was finance director of N.V. Nuon Business. Prior to 2003 he held various positions, including CFO of ABB Benelux.

Mark van Lieshout studied Business Economics at VU University Amsterdam and completed various Business Programs at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne and the International Directors Programme (IDP) of INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France. Mark van Lieshout is a Dutch national.

Supervisory Board memberships / relevant other positions:

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital.

I.D. (Ingrid) Thijssen
Member and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Career

Ingrid Thijssen (1968) was appointed as a member of the Management Board from mid-May 2014; she is also responsible for the business and operational management of the network operator Liander. As a member of the Management Board Ingrid Thijssen also shares responsibility for the management, development and leadership of Alliander. From 2011 to 2014, she was Chair of the Management Board of NS Reizigers B.V. Between 1997 and 2011, she held various executive and management roles at Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Ingrid Thijssen studied law at Utrecht University and completed various programmes, including Business Programs at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne and the London Business School and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) of INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Ingrid Thijssen is a Dutch national.

Supervisory Board memberships / relevant other positions:

  • Member of the Board of Overseers of HU University of Applied Sciences.
  • Member of the Customer Centricity Advisory Board of the Dutch Banking Association.