The Board Election of the UN Global Compact Network Netherlands is now live!

We invite all participating organizations to take part in the Board Election 2023. By voting, you contribute to the governance and strategic direction of our network. Advancing the movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders in the Netherlands and beyond.

Voting procedure

There are five Board Member seats available. Please submit your organization’s vote by selecting your three preferred candidates using the online voting form below before 12:00 on Wednesday, 21 June 2023.

Requirements

• Every participating organization of the UN Global Compact Network Netherlands is allowed to vote once. In case of multiple votes coming from the same organization, we will consider the vote that came in first.
• You are not allowed to vote for yourself or a candidate representing your own organization.
• We encourage you to consider the diversity of the board composition with respect to gender, experience, ethnicity, and other factors, such as organization size and industry.
• Your organization’s vote will be verified by the Secretariat of UN Global Compact Network Netherlands, and not shared with others. The vote of your organization will be archived for a maximum period of 1 year.

Board diversity

​​​​​UN Global Compact Network Netherlands encourages participants to consider the diversity of the board composition with respect to gender, experience, ethnicity, and other factors, such as organization size and industry.

Our current board composition

The eight seats that are not up for election are occupied by: Jan-Willem Scheijgrond (Vice President Global Government and Public Affairs, Philips), Maarten Biermans (Founding Partner, PROW Capital), Johan de Koning (Economic Adviser & Head of External Affairs, Unilever Netherlands), Andrea van Dijk (ESG Officer, Invest-NL), Mark van Rijn (Internal Sustainability Lead, Deloitte), Marco Barsoum (Founder, Sparks Production), Marlou Leenders (Global Head of Sustainability, Randstad Global), and Jenny Wassenaar (Chief Sustainability Officer, Trivium Packaging).

Two board members that will not be seeking re-election are Babs Dijkshoorn (Achmea) and Saskia Kapinga (Vice President External Relations, Shell). We thank all the board members that have ended their term for their commitment and dedication to the Board.

The current Board Member composition can be found on this page.