Executive Board 
The Executive Board is responsible for managing the company. Among other things, this means the Executive Board is in charge of determining and realising the Group’s objectives, strategy, financing and policy, and its results. The Executive Board bears collective responsibility for managing the company. The specific roles and responsibilities of the CEO and CFO are laid down in the Executive Board Regulations which can be found on the right hand side under Downloads.


S. Thijsen (Chief Executive Officer)
Year born 1959 Nationality Dutch Appointed 2001 (member), 2003 (Chief Executive Officer), joined Grontmij in 1984.  He worked in several positions at different divisions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. He was appointed in 1995 as director of ‘Advies & Techniek’ and in 2001 as a member of the Executive Board. Since October 2003 he is chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) of Grontmij N.V. Most important previous position Managing Director of Grontmij Advies & Techniek Other positions Member VROM council (Ministry of housing, planning and environmental management), Chairman VNO-NCW – commission Public Tendering (COAB), Board Member PHN, platform of Dutch wood / paper industry, Member Supervisory Board CURNET, Member Supervisory Board Utrechts Landschap, Member of the Advisory Board Environmental Sciences Group (Wageningen University)


D.M. Zuydam (Chief Financial Officer)
Year born 1961 Nationality British/Dutch Appointed 2009 Current term expires and eligible for reappointment 2013 Most important previous positions Chief Financial Officer and Commercial Director VT Nuclear Services, Group Finance Director Highways Agency, Divisional CFO Balfour Beatty PLC Other positions Non-executive member of the Audit Committee of the Department for International Development (UK Government)

On 31 December 2008 Mr S. Thijsen held 3,361 (2007: 3,361) participations Grontmij and 2,000 (2007: 0) shares Grontmij (or depository receipts for them).

S. van Nieuwkuyk (Company secretary)
Year born 1964 Nationality Dutch Position Company secretary