David Roodenburg, third generation of the Roodenburg family, has been appointed the new statutory CEO of Huisman.
His father, Joop Roodenburg is currently active as President, after he had appointed Theo Bruijninckx CEO in April 2018, with the objective to prepare the company for the next generation. Theo Bruijninckx will remain active as the company’s CFO.
Jaap Korf, Supervisory Board Huisman “The Supervisory Board highly appreciates the way in which Joop Roodenburg has led Huisman to the technical world player it is today. It is a privilege that the next generation Roodenburg also wants to dedicate its talents to Huisman. Both children have positively chosen for the company. David Roodenburg now as CEO and Charlotte Roodenburg being responsible for New Build Sales. As part of the transition, David Roodenburg will continue to lead Huisman in close cooperation with Theo Bruijninckx.”
Joop Roodenburg will remain with the company in an advisory role, focussing on the continuous development of step changing technical solutions, inspiring engineers, new business opportunities, tenders, relationships with key clients and supporting the company’s management team.
David Roodenburg (36), masters in Precision Microsystem Engineering (PME) and a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, third generation in the company, became active for Huisman in 2008. He was responsible for the order intake, which led to the construction start and subsequent successful delivery of the Huisman Brazil facility. In 2013, he became Manager System Architecture, focussing on the transformation of concepts design into multidisciplinary system designs. Early 2016, he moved into developing new businesses for Huisman, resulting in two major contracts in China. In August 2017, he became the Manager of the Tender engineering & Product development department, focussing on the future markets and vision of Huisman.