Organization

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

André R. baron van Heemstra (1946, Dutch)

Mr. Van Heemstra was appointed Chairman to the Board in 2008. His current term runs until 2016.

Other positions:

• Chairman of the Netherlands Network of Global Compact (GCNL)
• Chairman Stichting MEARC (Modern East Asia Research Center)
• Vice Chairman of the Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)
• Board Member of Netherlands Senior Experts (PUM)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Platform for International Education (PIE)

Member of the Supervisory Board

Catherine Lucet (1959, French)

Mrs. Lucet was appointed to the Board in 2013. Her current term runs until 2017.

Other positions:

• Managing Director of Editis Education & Réference
• Vice President of Cap Digital, the French business cluster for digital contents and services
• Casino (Retailer): Independent Board member and member of the Audit Committee

Member of the Supervisory Board

Robin Hoytema van Konijnenburg (1957, Dutch)

Mr. Hoytema van Konijnenburg was appointed to the Board in 2015 and his current term runs till 2019.

Other positions:

• Executive Director Global Tax & Financial Markets of Heineken International B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board and member of the Audit Committee of NV Holding Business Park Maastricht Airport
• Board member Vereniging Effectenuitgevende Ondernemingen (VEUO)
• Board member American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands
• Chairman of Stichting Heineken Pensioenfonds
• Trustee of the Scottish&Newcastle Pension Scheme
• Board member of the Heineken Afrika Stichting

Robin Hoytema van Konijnenburg, André R. van Heemstra, Catherine Lucet
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Herman Pabbruwe, Chief Executive

Herman Pabbruwe graduated from Leiden University (History of Art). His first job was in museum management and city planning before he joined Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) in 1982. Leading to his appointment as the President of KAP in 1994, he was responsible for global distribution, IT, marketing, sales and customer relations. In 1996 he was appointed CEO of Wolters Kluwer’s Law Division in the Netherlands. From 1999 through 2001 Herman was the CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health and Science, operating from Philadelphia. During 2002 and 2003 he was an independent consultant in Washington DC and non executive director of several technology companies in the USA. In 2004 Herman joined Brill as its CEO. Throughout his career Herman served on the boards of a number of industry associations and committees such as ECIDIS, STM, IPRO, NUV/UVW and CLIR.

Peter Coebergh, Executive Vice-President Sales and Marketing (as per 1 January 2016)

Peter Coebergh served as President Corporate & Healthcare Markets at Springer Science + Business Media, and member of the Management Board. Previously Peter Coebergh worked at Springer as President of STM Sales ROW (2007-2011) and as Vice-President Library Sales ROW (2004 to 2007). Before he joined Springer he was Sales Director at Kluwer Academic Publishers (2001 to 2004) and Marketing Director of Kluwer - Business Unit Legal (1999 to 2001). He held various International Marketing and Sales positions abroad at Royal BolsWessanen from 1991 to 1999. In 1987 he obtained a Master in Law in Dutch civil law from Leiden University.

Olivier de Vlam, Executive Vice-President Finance and Operations 

Olivier de Vlam holds an MSc degree in Business Economics from University of Groningen. He started his career 20 years ago at Wolters Kluwer and has held different positions in Finance both in the Netherlands and abroad, among others FP&A, operational auditing, M&A, ERP implementation and general finance management.