Profile of the Supervisory Board Van Gogh Museum Foundation, Amsterdam
This profile is formulated in keeping with the Code Cultural Governance. According to the Code’s principles, the Supervisory Board may not have a one-sided composition regardless of the potential individual suitability of each of its members.
Accordingly, at least one member of the Board must have knowledge of and experience with social relations. Expertise and experience in the financial, economic and social sectors must be independently represented. Furthermore, at least one member must have a thorough understanding of the specific kinds of activities concerned, in this case the tasks and operation of a large museum.
The members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board, having heard the general director.
Independence and Incompatibility
The proper functioning of a Supervisory Board is closely linked to the objectivity and independence of its members. The Board must be composed such that its members can operate independently and critically vis-à-vis each other and management (Statutes: article 11). Upon appointment, there should be no differences or conflicts of interest (measures will continue to be taken should such obstacles arise during the term of office).
Desired Composition of the Board
The statutory number of members of the Supervisory Board is at least five (Statutes: article 10, section 2). The following factors are important in determining the desired composition of the Supervisory Board:
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The Board must be able to responsibly fulfil the tasks as prescribed by law, the Code Cultural Governance and other rules;
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The Board must strive to achieve a representative mixture of age, gender, nationality, experience and cultural background of its individual members;
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The Board requires the following areas of expertise (listed in random order) to be well-represented: managerial and political experience on a national level; financial and business; judicial; cultural diversity; intercultural communication; social relations.
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The Board requires that one of its members be a director of an international museum. The chairmanship is not by definition bound to one of the aforementioned categories.
The chairman cannot be the director of an international museum. The position of treasurer is filled by a member specialised in finance and business.
Supervision and Advice
Members of the Supervisory Board are expected - also with respect to making time available - to supervise and stimulate management policy and the general course of events within the foundation in a timely and competent fashion, and to advise management in the development and implementation of policy.
In addition, the members must operate independently and critically vis-à-vis other members of the Board and management and in the absence of management take measures to ensure leadership of the foundation.
Present composition of the Board
Mr R. (Ron) Teerlink (Chair, appointed until October 2029)
Ancillary activities: Chair of the Supervisory Board of Vrije Universiteit; Non-Executive Director at Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
Mr H.J. (Hendrik Jan) Roel (Vice-Chair and Chair of the Audit Committee, appointed until November 2028)
Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of Jumbo Supermarkten B.V.
Ancillary activities: Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Audit Committee of Hotelschool The Hague; Member of the Board and Treasurer of Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography in Amsterdam.
Ms M. (Maurine) Alma (Member, appointed until June 2026)
Ancillary activities: Member of the Supervisory Board of Coolblue B.V. and Member of the Advisory Board of Nimbus Ventures. Chair of the Supervisory Board of Alpine Hearing Protection.
Ms M. (Marian) Spier (Member, appointed until August 2027)
CEO at IAMarian
Ancillary activities: Member of the Governance Committee of Van Doorne; Member of the Board of VandenEnde Foundation; Chair of the Board of SIDN Fund; Co-founder of FEM-START; Board Member of the Radiant Roots Foundation.
Ms L. (Laurence) des Cars (Member, appointed until February 2027)
President-Director of the Musée du Louvre
Ancillary activities: Member of the Supervisory Board of France Muséums; Chair of the Scientific Committee of France Muséums; Vice-Chair of the Acquisition Committee of Louvre Abu Dhabi; Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Louvre-Lens; Member of the Supervisory Board of the École du Louvre; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Musée des impressionnismes de Giverny; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Fondation Musée Clemenceau; Member of the Acquisition Committee of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF); Member of the Scientific Committee of the Festival de l’histoire de l’art; Member of the Scientific Committee of the Cahiers de l’École du Louvre; Chair of the Bizot Group.
Mr M. (Martijn) Snoep (Member, appointed until August 2027)
Chair of the Board of the Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM)
Ancillary activities: Substitute Judge Court of Appeals Amsterdam; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Europa Institute, Leiden University; Member of the Advisory Council of the Law Department, Utrecht University; Member of the Scientific Council, Global Competition Law Centre, College of Europe, Bruges; Vice Chairman of the Board of the Aruba Fair Trade Authority (AFTA).