Composition of the Supervisory Board
A. (Annemarie) Jorritsma-Lebbink (1950, Dutch nationality), Chair
First appointed: 1 July 2016
End of current term: 2024
Alliander committee: member of the Selection, Appointment and Remuneration Committee
Background information
Annemarie Jorritsma has been a Dutch Senate member for VVD (People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy) since 9 June 2015 and has served as VVD Senate leader since 24 November 2015. After starting her national political career as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives in 1982, she served in two successive governments (Kok I and Kok II) as Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, and Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister respectively. Annemarie Jorritsma was Mayor of Almere from 2003 to 2015. She also chaired the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) for seven years.
Relevant other positions
Member of the Dutch Senate, member of the Supervisory Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Nederland (to 1 February 2022), member of the Supervisory Board of Sandy HoldCo (Roompot) (from 1 February 2022), member of the Supervisory Board of Wilgenhaege Capital Markets, chair of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (Dutch private equity and venture capital association) (NVP), member of the Board Trustees of the Platform Talent voor Techniek (‘Talent for Technology Platform’)
F. (Frits) Eulderink (1961, Dutch nationality)
First appointed: 26 September 2019
End of current term: 2023
Alliander committee: member of the Audit Committee
Background information
Background: Mr Eulderink is COO and member of the Management Board of Royal Vopak. He previously held various technical and management positions at Shell, including Vice President of Unconventional Oil in Houston (US).
Relevant other positions
Member of the Management Board of SmartPort Rotterdam, member of the Advisory Council of Leiden Observatory research institute, member of the International Review Board of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy.
T. (Thessa) Menssen (1967, Dutch nationality)
Nationality: Dutch
First appointed: 26 September 2019
End of current term: 2023
Alliander committee: member of the Audit Committee
Background information
Ms Menssen was CFO and a member of the Management Board of BAM Group and before that she was CFO and COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
Relevant other positions
Member of the Supervisory Board of Ordina[1], member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting Topvrouw van het Jaar (organisers of the Dutch Top Woman of the Year election), member of the Board of Trustees of the Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), member of the Board of Trustees of the Kröller Müller Museum.
G. (Gerard) Penning (1963, Dutch nationality)
Nationality: Dutch
First appointed: 1 February 2021
End of current term: 2025
Alliander committee: member of the Audit Committee
Background information
Mr Penning was Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a member of the Executive Board of ABN AMRO until 1 December 2022. He previously held various management and executive positions at Shell, including that of Executive Vice President of HR Downstream.
Relevant other positions
Member of the Administrative Board of the international organisation Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)
B. (Bert) Roetert (1956, Dutch nationality)
Nationality: Dutch
First appointed: 19 February 2015
End of current term: 2023
Alliander committee: chair of the Selection, Appointment and Remuneration Committee
Background information
Mr Roetert is the director and owner of Advies, Bestuur en Toezicht (AB&T). Previously he served as CEO of Schuitema/C1000 and chair of the Board of Friesland Foods West Europe.
Relevant other positions
Chair of the Management Board of Centraal Bureau Levensmiddelen (CBL, the Dutch Food Retail Association), chair of the Supervisory Board of Zeeman Group [1], member of the Supervisory Board of Jan Linders Supermarkten[1], member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Smilde [1], chair of Afvalfonds Verpakkingen (to 1 April 2021)
- 1 Supervisory position at a large legal entity within the meaning of Article 142a, Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.