Bernard has been Chair of the Supervisory Board since September 2023. This is his second time as Chair, having already served for 6.5 years between 2015 and 2021.
Bernard is an entrepreneur who has been in charge of a family-owned business for over three decades and was chairman of the employer’s association VNO-NCW. He was also a member of the Executive Board of Villeroy & Boch and is Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership at the University of Utrecht.
Sandra was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board in September 2023. She is a dairy farmer, and co-owner of the Addink-Berendsen farm.
She also worked for nearly 20 years with accountancy firm Countus in Zwolle. Sandra (formerly) served on the boards of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., ForFarmers N.V., and Alfa Accountants and Advisors. For four years, she was Ambassador for the industry group Global Dairy Platform.
Gosse was first appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2016. He is also Chair of the Supervisory Board at Albron and Vice-Chair of Royal BAM Group’s Supervisory Board.
In addition, Gosse acts as an expert member – or lay judge – at the Enterprise Chamber, part of the Dutch Court of Appeal. Gosse was previously CFO and member of the Executive Board at Nutreco and, prior to that, at Van Gansewinkel Group. He also worked at Unilever for 20 years in various senior general management, supply chain, finance and IT positions.
Claartje works as a professor of company law at Radboud University in Nijmegen. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2020.
She is also Chair of the Van der Heijden Institute, which specializes in business law, and Chair of the Dutch Ministry of Justice & Security’s Committee on Company Law. Previously, Claartje served as a crown member of the Netherlands’ Social and Economic Council and clerk of the Enterprise Chamber of the Dutch Court of Appeal.
Linda was appointed to the Supervisory Board in March 2022 after being a boardroom consultant for many years.
She was formerly founder and managing partner at Aberkyn and Director of Consulting Staff at McKinsey & Co. in Amsterdam. In addition to her position at KPMG N.V., Linda is also a non-executive board member at Flow Traders, Royal FloraHolland and Triple Jump Impact Investment, as well as a member of the Advisory Board at Vereniging Rembrandt and Vice-Chair of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
Kuldip has been a member of the Supervisory Board since March 2022. He is a business economist by profession, has two post-graduate degrees and attended Harvard Business School.
Previously, he worked for Innogy Retail International in digital and digital business transformation. He was also Global Head of Digital Transformation Customer Solutions at E.ON Group, Chief Operating Officer at Sanoma Digital, and CEO and CFO of Grüner + Jahr in India. Kuldip is also a member of the Supervisory Board at Tennet, chair of the Supervisory Board at Kyndryl and Whiffle, and he is a lecturer in ‘Digital Technology, AI and Cyber Security’ for the supervisory board training program at Governance University.