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.

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. Eulderink is a member of the advisory board of the Leiden University Astronomy Institute, a member of the International Review Board Netherlands Research School for Astronomy and a member of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee of Alliander N.V.
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. Agnes Mulder is a board member of the New Year's Reception Northern Netherlands and was a member of the Supervisory Board of ROC Friese Poort from 2011 to 2018.
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.
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)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Delft University of Technology and Chair of the Education and Research Quality Assurance Committee.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Forum for Urban Renewal
Member of the Advisory Board of MIT Senseable cities lab
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.

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.