Management

Executive Board

Leen Zevenbergen, CEO
Leen Zevenbergen’s background illustrates his extensive entrepreneurial skills as well as his strong management qualities. Starting as an accountant with degrees in business economics (1983) and accountancy (1984) from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Mr. Zevenbergen (1958) became an entrepreneur early in his career. He founded many companies, including Bolesian Systems in 1985 and Escador in 2000. In between, he fulfilled management and director’s positions at Roccade and Origin. In 2006, he published “En nu laat ik mijn baard staan” (And now I’ll grow a beard), which became management book of the year, and Mr. Zevenbergen became a well-known speaker and coach. In 2009 he published “ ‘t Is Groen en Groener wordt het niet”. He was appointed as CEO of Qurius NV at the Annual General Meeting of 29 April 2010.

Michiel Wolfswinkel, CFO
Michiel Wolfswinkel (1963) graduated in business economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1989. Before joining Qurius, he was Chief Financial Officer at VDM Holding NV, where he successfully led various business improvement programs. Earlier in his career, he fulfilled several financial management and financial director’s roles, including at Eneco NV and Matrix One. In addition to his role as CFO at Qurius, Mr. Wolfswinkel is a lecturer at the Rotterdam School of Management. He was appointed as CFO at the AGM of 24 April 2009.

Supervisory Board

Lucas Brentjens (chairman)
Lucas Brentjens (1959, Dutch nationality) is former CEO of Exact Software and has been a private investor since 2004. After rounding off his study in Business Economics at the University of Brabant, he started his career at AMRO bank in 1985. From 1987 to 2004, he held several management positions at Exact Software. He was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Qurius on 21 April 2006.

Fred Geerts
Fred Geerts (1949, Dutch nationality) is an independent management consultant. From 1976 until 2000, he worked for Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), ultimately as a managing partner of Andersen Consulting Nederland. After having rounded off his study in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics, he joined this company as a consultant. He was in charge of extensive change processes and held various positions, including head of competency strategy, head of quality, member of the Western Europe management team, and head of practice for government & services. His appointment to the Supervisory Board of Qurius took place on 22 April 2004.

Evert H. Smid
Evert H. Smid (1951, Dutch nationality) is the founder and director of Eehaes Participations BV, a strategic consultancy and investment management company. Mr. Smid started his career in 1979 at NMB Postbank Group, followed by a position as senior investment manager at NMB-Participatie, where, among other things, he was in charge of the foundation of the Boston operation. In 1987, Mr. Smid was one of the two initiators of the privatisation of NMB-Participatie under the name Atlas Venture, and he became a co managing director of Atlas Investment Group NV. Atlas has become a leading international venture capital organisation, providing risk capital to technology companies. In 1996, Mr. Smid left the Atlas Investment Group and started Eehaes Participations BV. He was appointed to the Supervisory board on 24 April 2009.