Composition of the Management Board

Chair and CEO

Maarten Otto was appointed chair of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from 20 May 2020. He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. He was worked for Alliander since 2017, holding the position of Corporate & Social Affairs Director since 2018. Prior to that, he held various positions at organisational consultancies TEN HAVE Change Management and Twynstra Gudde.

Maarten Otto studied Management, Economics and Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Management Consulting from VU University Amsterdam.

 Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Chair of the Management Board of the WENb Werkgeversvereniging voor de Energie-, Kabel & Telecom- en Afval & Milieubedrijven (Employers’ Association for the Energy, Cable & Telecom and Waste & Environment Sectors)

• Member of the Executive Management Board of VNO-CW

Member of the Board and COO

Marlies Visser was appointed member of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from 1 May 2020. She is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Prior to joining the Board, she held the position of Director of Operations at Liander (from 2014). Before that, she worked at the Netherlands’ primary railway operator, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, for nearly ten years, including as the company’s Service & Operations Manager.

Marlies Visser studied Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and completed the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme (AMP) in Fontainebleau, France.

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

Not applicable

Member of the Board and CFO

Walter Bien joined the Management Board on 7 October 2019, on which date he was also appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Before joining Alliander, he was CFO at Boskalis Dredging & Inland Infra and prior to that he held various board and management positions at Boskalis. Prior to Boskalis he worked at Ballast Nedam.

Walter Bien has a degree in Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam. He also completed the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School and a postgraduate controllers programme at the University of Amsterdam.

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting AAP (wild animal rescue foundation), chair of the Audit Committee

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Inloophuis Stichting Huis aan het Water (cancer recovery retreat)

Member of the Board and CTO

Daan Schut joined the Management Board on 1 April 2019, on which date he was also appointed to the position of Chief Transition Officer (CTO). He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Prior to joining the Board, he held the position of Director of Asset Management (from 2014) as well as various management positions between 2009 and 2014. Before Alliander, Daan Schut worked as an advisor at KPMG.

Daan Schut studied IT Auditing at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Business Economics at HAN University of Applied Sciences.

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Management Board of Next Generation Infrastructures

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting USEF (Universal Smart Energy Framework)

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting ElaadNL (knowledge and innovation centre on EV infrastructure and smart charging)

• Member of the Supervisory Board of GOPACS

Chair and CEO

Ingrid Thijssen held the position of Chair of the Management Board and CEO from 1 September 2017 to 21 May 2020. She became a member of the Management Board on 1 March 2014. From 2011 to 2014, she chaired the Management Board of NS Reizigers B.V. and prior to that she held various executive and management roles at Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).

She studied law at Utrecht University and subsequently completed various programmes, including a Strategy Programme at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) of INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and the executive programme Climate Change and Energy: Policymaking for the long term at Harvard in Boston.

 Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Supervisory Board of VGZ (health insurance company) ^[1]

• Member of the Supervisory Board of the Port of Rotterdam Authority^[1]

• Board member of SchuldenlabNL

• Chair of Business Club D66