Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. A. Rinnooy Kan (member, second term appointed from 24-09-2022 to 23-09-2026)
Chair of the Advisory Board at Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE); Chair of the Scientific and Social Advisory Board; Chair of IAR CWI Institute Advisory Board; Chair of the Social Advisory Board on Strategic Theme Institutions; Member of the Board of Regents of the Prof. F. de Vries Foundation; Chair of the Advisory Board for the Dutch Diabetes Association; Member of the Advisory Board of Kamp Amersfoort; Chair of the Dutch Literature Prize Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of Rotterdam Vakmanstad; Chair of the Program Committee for ZonMw Social Trials Commission; Member of the General Board of Fulbright; Member of the Advisory Board on Finance and the Common Good; Chair of the Advisory Board for BAN/Data Science and Business Analytics; Member of the Advisory Board of Amsterdam University College; Member of the Dutch Municipalities Association Taskforce; Chair of Triodos SAAT; Member of the Advisory Board of Stichting ITGD; Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Legal Position of Political Office Holders; Member of the Advisory Board for Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics (PPLE).

Portfolio focus: point of contact for the museum director

Prof. Dr. Ir. I. (Ionica) Smeets (member, second term from 24-09-2022 to 25-09-2026)
Professor of Science Communication at Leiden University; Management Team member of the Institute of Biology; Pioneer for the National Expertise Center for Science & Society; Columnist for Volkskrant, Skepsis, and New Scientist NL; Freelance speaker; Chair of the Science Communication division at NeFCA; Member of the advisory group “Implementing with Impact” at ZonMW; Member of the editorial board of Delta; Board member of the AdHoc Theater Foundation; Member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW); Scientific Advisory Board member of Naturalis.

Portfolio focus: science communication

Prof. Dr. R.J. (Rob) Hamer (finance/audit, member, 2e termijn benoemd per 29-09-2020 t/m 28-09-2028)

Formerly Director of Unilever R&D Vlaardingen and Vice President of Agri-Food External Affairs; Professor at Wageningen UR. Currently involved with:

• FLCP Foundation Field Lab Circular Plastics: Chair of the Board
• Rathenau Institute: Member of the Program Council
• “Het Groene Brein”: Supervisory Board Member
• NWO: Member of the Domain Board for Exact and Natural Sciences

Portfolio focus: finance and audit

Prof. Dr. C.L. (Christine) Mummery (member, second term appointed from 19-09-2023 to 18-09-2027)
Professor of Developmental Biology at LUMC; Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW); Laureate of the European Research Council (Advanced/PoC Grants); Board member of ISSCR; Associate Editor of Stem Cell Reports; Editorial board member of several scientific journals; Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Hubrecht Institute, Sartorius, Gurdon Institute, Allen Institute, HeartBeatBio, SyncBiosystems, and Mogrify.

Portfolio focus: academic world

Dr. W. (Willem) Bijleveld (member, second term appointed from 19-09-2023 to 18-09-2027)
Chair of the Veluwe Alliance and Veluwe Board; Chair of the Jury for the Friends Lottery Museum Prize; Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Museon/Omniversum in The Hague; Member of the Supervisory Board of Tourism VAN Elst; Member of the Supervisory Board of Mondriaan Fund; Chair of the Advisory Board of the Dutch Dairy Museum / Erve IJzerman Wapenveld; Member of the Advisory Board of Geldersch Landscape & Castles Arnhem; Member of the Advisory Board of the National Tree Museum / Von Gimborn Arboretum Doorn; Member of the Advisory Board of Hortus Amsterdam; Member of the Advisory Board of the Grote Kerk in Naarden.

Portfolio focus: museum sector

Drs. Sophie Merckelbach
Strategy Consultant at McKinsey & Company and trainee member of the Supervisory Board of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave.

Appointments to the Supervisory Board are for a maximum term of four years, with a one-time option for reappointment. The maximum tenure is therefore eight years.