Board

The foundation’s board supervises the realisation of the appointed policy and the execution of the decisions taken by the Executive Director, Frans Baneke. It specifies the policy plans, such as the multi-year plan, the annual plan and the budget.

Board Members

• Ms. Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Chair
  Director Zorginkoop Achmea Zorg, Former Vice Minister Public Works and Water management, Chair Supervisory Board Stichting Jeugd en Samenleving Rijnland, Chair Supervisory Board Stichting Beeld en Geluid Hilversum, Chair Commissie van Bijstand Veerstichting
• Mr. Joris J.C. Voorhoeve, former chair of WPF,
  Member of the Council of State of the Netherlands, Professor of International Organisations at Leiden University, former Minister of Defence
• Mr. Roy W. Brown
  Founder of WPF, former President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union
• Mrs. Rose Gawaya
  Regional Gender Lead Advisor for Southern Africa for the Dutch/British NGO Oxfam/Novib. She holds an MA in gender studies from the Dutch Institute of Social Studies
• Mrs. Inge Hutter
  Professor of Demography at Groningen University, researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
• Mr. Sybren Kalkman
  Former partner of KPMG Accountants
• Mr. Cees A.J. van Lede
  Former Chair of the Board of Management of Akzo Nobel, former Chair of the Confederation of Dutch Business (VNO), member of the Supervisory Board of various international companies
• Mr. Wouter A.M. Meijer
  Former Executive Director of WPF, former staff member of the World Bank
• Mrs. Nafis I. Sadik
  Former Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the UN for HIV/AIDS in Asia
• Mrs. Ellen Themmen
  Vice-president of Family Care International, New York
• Mr. Erik-Thijs Wedershoven
  Elected Dutch youth representative for the United Nations, member of the Dutch government delegation for the UN Summit in September 2005