Board and staff

Board 2022

Prof. dr. Jan Peter Balkenende

Chair Board Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Emeritus Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • External Senior Advisor to EY
  • Chair Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition
  • Member Supervisory Board Topsport Community Foundation
  • Member Advisory Board PortXL (Rotterdam)
  • Member Sustainability Advisory Board Van Oord
  • Advisor to Rijk Zwaan
  • Associate Partner at Hague Corporate Affairs
  • Chair New Mobility Foundation/New Mobility Foundation International
  • Member Executive Board Global Center on Adaptation
  • Member World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid
  • Chair Advisory Board Open Foundation
  • Minister of State

Rutger Baan

Board member Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Solution Manager IBM Nederland N.V.

Annelies van Veldhuizen-Baan

Member to the board Stichting Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn, Specialized nurse dialysis

Prof. dr. Elbert Dijkgraaf

Member to the board Stichting Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Professor of Empirical Economics of the Public Sector, Department Of Economics, Erasmus University
  • Member Board of Advisors Stewardship Foundation.
  • Owner Dijkgraaf Strategic Consulting B.V.
  • Board member Eleven Floawers Foundation
  • Member Advisory Board Van Westreenen
  • Chair Supervisory Board Leliezorggroep
  • Member Supervisory Board Acture (until December 1, 2022)
  • Member Supervisory Board SRK Group
  • Member (until December 1, 2022) and Chair (from December 1) Supervisory Board Wageningen University & Research
  • Member Supervisory Board New Amsterdam Invest
  • Non-executive Member De Vries en Verburg
  • Expert adviser Council of State (from February 1, 2022)

Staff

Matthijs Blokhuis

CEO

  • Managing Director Stewardship Ventures B.V.
  • Managing Director IRIS B.V.
  • Director Association NextGen Ventures
  • Director NextGen Ventures Management B.V.
  • Chair of the Board of Silicon Polder Fund (until February 2022)
  • Supervisory Board Member &niped Prevention B.V.
  • Supervisory Board Member Soulve Innovation B.V. (until October 2022)
  • Board member HealthKIC Foundation (until September 2022).
  • Board member Elsa Science

Berdine Preuter

Program manager

Wim Post

Program manager

Carl Verheijen

Director knowledge and innovation

  • Director healthKIC Foundation
  • Chef de Mission TeamNL Olympic Games 2022 Beijing
  • Ambassador Fund Disabled Sports
  • Chair National Exercise Alliance
  • Club trainer skating association Eemland

Maarten Fischer

Program manager

  • Board member Paradise Foundation
  • Program Manager George Avenue Foundation
  • Director Federatie Landbouw en Zorg Nederland

Peter Haasjes

Investment director

  • Director Nextgen Ventures Management B.V.
  • Board member Stichting Administratiekantoor AMT-Medical
  • Supervisory Board member Soulve Innovations B.V.
  • Supervisory Board member LeQuest B.V.
  • Member investment committee Blue Sparrows Medtech Fund 

Roel Dekkers

Investment manager

Thijs Schaap

Investment manager

  • Advisory board member bij Newsenselab GmbH

Sandra Mayr

Investment director

  • Investment Director NextGen Ventures
  • Supervisory Board member Quli B.V.
  • Supervisory Board member Plasmacure B.V.
  • Member of Advisory Board Rockstart Agrifood Fund

Warnyta Minnaard

Investment manager

  • Founder and chair Foundation Friends of Hederik
  • Board member Foundation Cancer of Unknown Primary Platform - Netherlands (CUPP-NL).
  • Founder Warnyta Minnaard Consulting Services
  • Board member Tennis Club Cat Avenue

H. (Harriƫt) Gijsbertsen

Program manager

  • Board member Shaare Zedek Foundation