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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  Jaap Huijskes – Chair

  Mr Huijskes was appointed for a first term as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 January 2016 (until 2020). The shareholder appointed Mr Huijskes to the Supervisory Board for a second term (up to 2024). In addition, he has been a Non-Executive Director at Gulf Keystone Petroleum PLC since December 2017. In addition to being Chair of the Supervisory Board, Mr Huijskes is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Mr Huijskes was born in 1965.

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  Liesbeth Kneppers-Heijnert – member

  Ms Kneppers-Heijnert was appointed for a first term as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 January 2016 (until 2020). The shareholder appointed Ms Kneppers-Heijnert to the Supervisory Board for a second term (up to 2024). In addition to her seat on the Supervisory Board, Ms Kneppers-Heijnert is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Ms Kneppers-Heijnert was born in 1951.
  
  Her other positions include:
  Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, in particular the legal aspects, at the University of Groningen
  Member of the Supervisory Board of Wolters Kluwer Holding Nederland B.V.
  Chair of the Advisory Board of Stichting Instituut GAK
  Board member of St. Fonds Bijzondere Voorzieningen Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen (fund for financial advice and assistance at Groningen hospital).

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  Wouter de Vries – member

  Mr De Vries was appointed for a first term as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 March 2017 (until 2021). The shareholder appointed Mr De Vries to the Supervisory Board for a second term (up to 2025). He currently does not hold any other positions relevant to the fulfilment of his duties as a member of the Supervisory Board at EBN. In addition to his seat on the Supervisory Board, Mr De Vries is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr De Vries was born in 1954.

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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 she holds include:
  Chair of the advisory committee on tailor-made agreements for a more sustainable industry (Adviescommissie Maatwerkafspraken Verduurzaming Industrie)
  Global Director for the Energy Transition at consultancy and engineering firm Arcadis
  Chair of the Dutch Climate Agreement implementation dialogue committee for industry (Uitvoeringsoverleg Industrie van het Klimaatakkoord)
  Member of the Supervisory Board of Delft University of Technology and Chair of the Education and Research Quality Assurance Committee.
  Member of the Board of the National Programme for Rotterdam-Zuid, with the culture portfolio
  Member of the Executive Committee of the Forum for Urban Renewal
  Member of the Supervisory Board of World Waternet

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  Renée Bergkamp – member

  Her other positions include:
  Member of the Executive Committee of the Dutch Milk Foundation
  Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum)
  Chair of the Board of Skal Bio Controle
  independent Chair of the ADW-CBS trust office
  Member of the Supervisory Board of KWH / KWR.