During the General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord, held on 15 April 2020, it was announced that after almost 12 years as a member of the Van Oord Supervisory Board, Koos van Oord has formally stepped down.
He will attend the supervisory board meetings until September 2020.
Van Oord is very grateful to Koos van Oord for everything that he has done for our organisation, not only as a Supervisory Board member, but also during his time as Chairman of the Executive Board of Van Oord (2003 – 2008).
In a time of mergers and acquisitions between dredging companies, he was a driving force behind the merger between Van Oord ACZ and BHD in 2003. Koos van Oord has been involved in our family company for almost 50 years.
Van Oord’s gratitude also goes to Kommer Damen, who also has stepped down from the Supervisory Board after 12 years. His knowledge and commercial experience in the maritime industry have been invaluable.
During the meeting, Paul Verheul was appointed as a new member of the Supervisory Board. He is Van Oord’s former Chief Operations Officer (2011 – 2019) and is now serving as Executive Director of MerweOord, the Van Oord family’s holding company. He will start his Supervisory Board membership as of September 2020.
Also Jan Valkier was appointed as new member of the Supervisory Board. As CEO of shipping company Anthony Veder, he will bring relevant expertise to the table.
The composition of the Supervisory Board will be from September as follows: Niek Hoek, Chair, and members, Jean-Marie Laurent Josi, Hans van der Ven, Rob Kretzers, Paul Verheul and Jan Valkier.