One member acts as trustee for the employee and student councils of the institutions. Members of the Supervisory Board are elected for a term of four years and can be re-elected once.
Wouter Bos is chair of the board and CEO at Menzis. Prior to that, he served as chair of the board and CEO of Invest-NL, chair of the Executive Board of VU Medical Centre, and co-chair of the Amsterdam UMC merger consortium, as well as healthcare partner at KPMG. Between 1998 and 2000 and from 2002 to 2007, he was member of House of Representatives on behalf of the PvdA. From 2000 to 2002, he was State Secretary for Finance, and from 2007 to 2010, he served as Minister of Finance.
Wouter Bos has been appointed chair of the Supervisory Board of the VU Foundation, effective July 1, 2026.
Current ancillary positions
Anne Marie van der Wijst fulfills interim roles as CFO at various organizations, within her own consultancy firm. Until 2017 she was CFO and member of the Board of Directors of Transdev Holding BV. Prior to that, she held financial positions and leadership roles at Zodiac Aerospace Group BV and the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Anne Marie van der Wijst has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of the VU Foundation until March 1, 2029. On the Supervisory Board, she holds the position of chair of the Audit and Housing Committee.
Current ancillary positions
Janne Nijman is professor of History and Theory of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam and senior fellow at the Amsterdam Center for International Law. She is also a professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. Previously, she has been Chairperson of of the Executive Board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague, and its academic director (2015-2022).
Janne Nijman has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of the VU Foundation with effect from 1 January 2023. Her appointment is upon nomination of the VU's employee participation body.
Current ancillary positions:
• Member Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) chair of its permanent Committee on Human Rights (2023-2026)
• Chairperson of the Supervisory Board World Press Photo Foundation
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi is CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of TNO. Until June 2022 he was CEO of the Sanquin Foundation and chair of Sanquin Health Solutions BV. Before that he was director general of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), general director at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) and director of competition supervision at the Netherlands Competition Authority (now ACM).
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi has been appointed member of the Supervisory Board of the VU Foundation until September 1, 2029.
Current ancillary positions
Prof. dr. E. (Emely) de Vet
Emely de Vet is Professor of Behavior Change, Health and Living Environment at Wageningen University & Research and the principal investigator for Happy and Healthy Cities at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute). Previously, she served as Dean of University College Tilburg.
Emely de Vet has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of Stichting VU, effective May 1, 2026.
Current ancilliary positions:
• Member of the World Health Organization’s Behavioral Sciences Technical Advisory Group
• Member of the National Health Council of the Netherlands
• Member of various ZonMW committees (Lifestyle Medicine; Health Protection; Infectious Diseases;
External Evaluation Committee of the COVID-19 Program)
• Member of the Program Council for ClickNL, Top Sector Creative Industries
• Member of the core team for De Watertoren Sport en Bewegen
Fernie Maas is secretary of the Supervisory Board VU Amsterdam
Contact F.G.T. (Fernie) Maas:
T 020 59 82493
E f.g.t.maas@vu.nl
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