Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board is tasked with supervising the policy pursued by the Executive Team and the general course of affairs at EBN. It also advises the Executive Team where necessary.

Corporate governance

EBN’s Executive Team provides the Supervisory Board with the necessary information to properly perform its duties. The Chair and members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the shareholder. The organisation and decision-making of the Supervisory Board is laid down in the ‘Regulations of the Supervisory Board’.

Profile and composition

The Supervisory Board is made up of members capable of acting independently of and critically in relation to each other, the Executive Team and every subsidiary interest. The composition of the Supervisory Board must be such that it can properly perform its duties. Each member of the Supervisory Board must be capable of assessing the main features of the global policy and has the specific expertise they need to properly perform their duties, within their role as described in the profile drawn up by the Supervisory Board.

Committees

The Supervisory Board has set up two committees that perform their tasks in accordance with the rules set out by the Supervisory Board based on the Dutch Corporate Governance Code:

• The Audit Committee advises the Supervisory Board on the annual accounts, supervision of internal risk management systems, provision of financial information, financing, and the application of IT and information systems.
• The Remuneration Committee advises on the remuneration of the Executive Team on the basis of the remuneration policy adopted by the shareholder. For reasons of efficiency, this Committee also functions as a Selection and Appointment Committee.

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  Frits Eulderink – Chair

  Mr Eulderink has been appointed chairman with effect from January 1, 2024. He has been Chief Operating Officer of VOPAK since 2010, with a special focus on sustainability. Before joining VOPAK, he held various senior management positions at Shell in the Netherlands, the US, Canada, Africa and the Middle East. He studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Leiden.
  
  Other positions:
  - Member of the Supervisory Board and audit committee at Alliander
  - Member of the Advisory Board for the Institute for Astronomy at Leiden University
  - Member of the International Review Board for the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy
  - Member of the Supervisory Board of Dura Vermeer Groep N.V.

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  Agnes Mulder – member

  Ms Mulder has been appointed for her first term as supervisory director on January 1, 2024. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the CDA for more than eleven years, where during that period she was spokesperson for economic affairs, climate, energy and mining, among other things. She has currently been director of VNO-NCW MKB Noord since June 2023.
  
  Other positions:
  - Chair of the Stichting vrienden TT Circuit
  - Chair of Stichting Trendship
  - Board member of the stichting Nieuwjaarsreceptie Noord Nederland

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  Otto Jager – member

  Otto Jager (1970) joined the Supervisory Board on October 23, 2024. Jager has a financial background and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Cofra Clean Energy Group & Sunrock. At TenneT, where he worked for over thirteen years, Jager also served as CFO for eight years. Within the Supervisory Board, Jager will be the chairman of the audit committee as of January 1, 2025.
  
  Other positions:
  - Board member of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Regulated Energy Grid Fund
  - Guest speaker at post-master Finance & Control Programme of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
  

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  Carolien Gehrels – member

  Ms Gehrels was appointed for a first term as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 December 2021, with her term running until 2025. In addition to her seat on the Supervisory Board, Ms Gehrels is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
  
  Other positions:
  - Chair of the SB of Ajax N.V.
  - Chair of the Advisory Committee on Customised Agreements for Sustainable Industry
  - SB member of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
  - Member of Board of Directors of the Forum for Urban Renewal
  - Member of the Advisory Board of MIT Senseable City Lab
  - SB member of Okura Amsterdam B.V.
  

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  Renée Bergkamp – member

  Ms Bergkamp was appointed for a first term as supervisory director on March 13, 2023, her term runs until 2027. In addition to her membership of the Supervisory Board, Ms. Bergkamp is also a member of the audit committee and chair of the remuneration committee.
  
  Other positions:
  - Board member of Dutch Milk Foundation
  - Chair of the SB of Voedingscentrum
  - Chair of the Board of Skal
  - Independent chair of the StAK ADW-CBS
  - SB member of KWH/KWR
  - Member of Council for Environment and Infrastructure
  - Chaor of the board of Water for Life Foundation