The Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board supervises and advises the Executive Board on the performance of its tasks and duties and supervises the overall development and performance of Kendrion. The members of the Supervisory Board do not receive nor do they have any shares in Kendrion as remuneration.
Frits van Hout
Chairman
Nationality: Dutch (1960)
1st appointment: 12 April 2021 / 2nd appointment: 14 April 2025
Term of office: 2025 - 2029
Committees: HR Committee
Other positions: Member of the Investment Committee of the DeepTech Fonds (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and InvestNL); Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Aixtron SE; Member of the Supervisory Board, Bambi Belt Holding BV; Member of the Supervisory Board, Stichting PhotonDelta; Member of the Supervisory Board, Smart Photonics BV; Member of the Technical Advisory Board, BE Semi-conductors Industries NV.; Member of the Supervisory Board, Picterus AS
Former positions: Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Management, ASMLHolding N.V.; Other various functions, ASML; CEO, Beyeler Blechbearbeitungsmachinen GmbH; Chief Technology Officer, Datacolor AG; Member of the Board of Management of Stichting Continuïteit BESI
Shares in Kendrion: 26,500 (per 6 December 2024)
Everien Slijkhuis
Chair Audit Committee
Nationality: Dutch (1968)
1st appointment: 17 April 2023
Term of office: 2023 - 2027
Committees: Chair Audit Committee
Other positions: Co-CEO & CFO of Hydratec Industries N.V.; Member of the Supervisory Board and member of the Audit Committee, Deventer Ziekenhuis
Former positions: CFO Veco B.V.; Interim & Project Manager Finance & IT; Senior Management function Aviko; Consultant Eiffel; Auditor Deloitte
Shares in Kendrion: 3,500 (per 31 May 2024)
Mirjam Baijens
Chair HR Committee
Nationality: Dutch (1969)
1st appointment: 15 April 2024
Term of office: 2024 - 2028
Committees: Chair HR Committee
Other positions: Member of the MSC in Management Practitioner Advisory Board at Cranfield School of Management
Former positions: Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Grundfos Group; Global Head of Talent & Development, Schindler Group; Head of Human Resources Europe North & East (EUN), Schindler Group; Vice President Human Resources & Communications, Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas; Human Resources Director, Masco Europe; Global Human Resources Director Sales&Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Erwin Doll
Vice-Chairman
Nationality: German (1959)
1st appointment: 24 June 2020 / 2nd appointment: 15 April 2024
Term of office: 2024 - 2028
Committees: Audit Committee
Other positions: Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board, WITTE Automotive GmbH
Former positions: Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, Röchling Group; President & CEO, Röchling Automotive SE; EVP, Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior; Managing Director, Plastic Omnium GmbH; General Manager, Johnson Controls GmbH; Business Manager, BASF SE; Non-Executive Director, Aeristech Ltd.
Committees
The Supervisory Board has established two committees: the Audit Committee and the HR Committee. The committees of the Supervisory Board are responsible for preparing the decision-making of the Supervisory Board. The tasks and procedures of the committees of the Supervisory Board are set out in their regulations.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee undertakes preparatory work for the Supervisory Board’s decision-making regarding the supervision of the integrity and quality of Kendrion’s financial reporting and effectiveness of the risk management and internal control systems, including the approach and operation of the internal audit function.
The Audit Committee consists of Everien Slijkhuis (Chair) and Erwin Doll.
HR Committee
The HR Committee supports and advises the Supervisory Board in relation to the remuneration of the Executive Board and the selection and appointment procedures for the Executive Board members and the Supervisory Board members and undertakes preparatory work for the Supervisory Board’s decision-making in that respect.
The HR Committee consists of Mirjam Baijens (Chair) and Frits van Hout.