Erwin Cootjans is the CEO and majority shareholder of NUNNER Logistics, having its headquater in Helmond, NL. He is also the majority shareholder of Caroz Coordination Centre (4PL). After his study at Nyenrode, Cootjans worked in several multinational companies before he landed in Austria as an employee of NUNNER Logistics in the nineties of the last century. In the years after he became shareholder in NUNNER Logistics and as of 2014 he took over all the shares of the group. Nowadays NUNNER Logistics is a group with more than 30 offices in Europe and 6 in China. Cootjans’ vision is to work to a zero carbon emission logistic solution for its customers.

Mark joined Ella’s Kitchen in August 2011, drawn to a company whose founding mission is to improve children’s lives through developing healthy relationships with food.  This purpose permeated throughout the business and continues to be a guiding principle today.

Mark is a passionate advocate of business being used as a force for good and through his leadership at Ella’s, he exemplifies how a business can be both profitable and purposeful.
In February 2016 Ella’s Kitchen certified as a B Corporation, becoming only the second company to do so whilst part of a PLC. The first being Ben & Jerry’s at Unilever.

Mark is a member of the B Lab board, a UK registered charity that supports certified B Corps in the UK – businesses that give equal standing to people, planet and profit.  A demonstrative example of this is that Ella’s have committed to becoming net zero by 2030.
Ella’s Kitchen was acquired by The Hain Celestial Group Inc. in May 2013, and since then the turnover of Ella’s has grown from £41m to over £70m.

Ella’s Kitchen caught the zeitgeist of our times and has really connected with parents and most importantly kids. The brand is now sold in over 33 countries; every second of every day someone, somewhere around the world, eats an Ella’s Kitchen product.

Linda van Beek (1980, Breda) has managed the secretariat of Global Compact Network Netherlands since 2019. Global Compact Network Netherlands strives to mobilise a local movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders with the aim of improving the lives of future generations.  Guided by the 10 UNGC Principles and the 17 SDGs the GCNL team supports companies and stakeholders in in what responsible business means and provide guidance to translate these commitments into action. Linda is also advisor SDGs and Social Responsibility to the Netherlands Employers Federation VNO-NCW and small-medium enterprises association MKB Nederland. Besides that she is member of the Supervisory Board of INOS (Foundation for Catholic Education Breda).

Linda was previously director international trade at VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland and advisor European Affairs at the Brussels office of these business associations. Prior to joining VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland she has been Political Advisor to the Minister of International Trade and Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament. From 2010-2014 she was a member of the City Council of Breda.

Linda has studied International and European Law at Tilburg University. She is married and has three children.