Biographies

Jeroen Rijpkema (1960) CEO

Jeroen Rijpkema has been a statutory member of the Executive Board of Triodos Bank N.V. since 21 May 2021 and is Chair of this Board. He is also member of the Board of Stichting Triodos Holding. Jeroen is a member of the Board of the Dutch Banking Association. In addition, he is a Board member of Stichting Social Finance NL and Stichting Graaf Carel van Lynden (Keukenhof estate and Dutch bulb flower exhibition).

Jeroen is of Dutch nationality and owns 315 Triodos Bank depository receipts.

Kees van Kalveen (1971) CFO

Kees van Kalveen has been a statutory member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of Triodos Bank N.V. since 25 January 2023.

Kees van Kalveen is of Dutch nationality and does not hold any Triodos Bank depository receipts.

Marjolein Landheer (1970) CRO a.i.

Marjolein Landheer has been a statutory member of the Executive Board and Chief Risk Officer of Triodos Bank N.V. ad interim since 25 January 2023.

Marjolein is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Cordaid and member of the Board of Natuurmonumenten.

Marjolein Landheer is of Dutch nationality and does not hold any Triodos Bank depository receipts.

Carla van der Weerdt (1964) CRO¹

Carla van der Weerdt has been a statutory member of the Executive Board and Chief Risk Officer of Triodos Bank N.V. since 17 May 2019. Carla van der Weerdt is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of DSW Zorgverzekeraar U.A. She is a former member of the Supervisory Board of Triodos Bank N.V.

She is of Dutch Nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Jacco Minnaar (1971) CCO

Jacco Minnaar has been statutory member of the Executive Board and Chief Commercial Officer of Triodos Bank N.V. since 28 September 2021. Prior to this role, Jacco was Managing Director and Chair of the Management Board of Triodos Investment Management and is currently a member of the management board of Hivos Triodos Fund.

Jacco Minnaar is of the Dutch nationality and owns 20 Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Nico Kronemeijer (1964) COO

Nico Kronemeijer has been statutory member of the Executive Board and Chief Operational Officer of Triodos Bank N.V. since 28 September 2021. Prior to this role, Nico was Group Director ICT at Triodos Bank since 2013. In addition to this, Nico is member of the Supervisory Board of the Art Centre ‘it Toanhus’ in Friese Meren.

Nico Kronemeijer is of Dutch nationality and owns 7 Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Mike Nawas (1964)

Mike Nawas is Chair of the Supervisory Board and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is co-founder of Bishopsfield Capital Partners Ltd (BCP), a financial consultancy based in London and is a Senior Lecturer at Nyenrode Business University. Prior to that he worked at ABN AMRO Bank for twenty years in various positions in Amsterdam and London, lastly as group director worldwide responsible for helping clients access the credit markets via loans, bonds or structured finance. Mike Nawas is a former member of the Board of Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen Triodos Bank (SAAT). He is also Chair Dutch Akademeia foundation.

Mike Nawas was first appointed in 2019 and his present term expires in 2023. He is of Dutch and US nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank depository receipts.

Daniëlle Melis (1972)

Daniëlle Melis (1972) is Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Danielle Melis holds various board positions in the financial sector. She currently is a member of the Board of General Pension Fund Stap, member of the Supervisory Boards of Blue Sky Group Holding and PGGM Investments. Next to these board positions in the financial sector, Danielle is the Chair of the Board of Stichting Madurodam, member of the Disciplinary Council of the Dutch Securities Institute (DSI), member of the Global Stewardship Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), member of the Advisory Council of Reward Value, senior fellow at the International Center for Financial Law & Governance and guest lecturer at the Nyenrode Business University. Daniëlle Melis worked in the financial sector for over 25 years, working for MeesPierson, NIBC and Rabobank and has been a member of the faculty of Nyenrode Business University, where she received her Ph.D. in 2014.

Danielle Melis was first appointed in 2021 and her present term expires in 2025. She is of Dutch nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Sébastien D‘Hondt (1964)

Sébastien D‘Hondt (1964) is Chair ad interim of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is founding partner at Ernest Partners, a partnership advising midsize and large companies on their financing, and partial owner and member of the Board of Cash Converters Belgium. He is also investor in digital tech scale ups and administrator of Howard B.V. Prior to that he worked at ING Bank for more than twenty years in Belgium and the Netherlands in various positions such as Head of Corporate Clients Belux and Managing Director Capital Structuring & Advisory at Wholesale Banking, as Head of M&A at Corporate Finance and as Director Business Center, ING Midcorps Belgium and in Risk Management. Sébastien D’Hondt started his career at Bank Brussel Lambert (BBL).

Sébastien D‘Hondt was first appointed in December 2019 and his present term expires in 2024. He is of Belgian nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Kristina Flügel (1969)

Kristina Flügel (1969) is Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Until August 2021, Kristina Flügel was the Global Head Human Resources of DWS (a European Asset Manager active in Europe, the Americas and Asia) stemming from the Deutsche Banking Group, leading the HR transformational journey after the IPO of DWS. Therafter she has been is a senior advisor at DWS until March 2022. Until 2019 Kristina Flügel was employed with Deutsche Bank, most recently as Global Head HR Products Private- and Commercial Bank. Kristina Flügel is an experienced HR leader 398 in Financial Services with broad experience in the design and implementation of strategic programs, on the one hand including outsourcing plans, M&A, restructuring and on the other hand talent-, succession- and diversity. She is also active in the design and implementation of senior leadership assessment and development programs. At least she is an Affiliate Senior Executive Coach at Kets de Vries Institute.

Kristina Flügel was first appointed in 2022 and her present term expires in 2026. She is of German nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Susanne Hannestad (1961)

Susanne Hannestad (1961) is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Currently Susanne Hannestad is the CEO of Fintech Mundi AS, a company advising high potential financial technology companies. She is Non-Executive Board Director at Monty Mobile Ltd, a leading international value-added-service & telecom solutions company, Non-Executive Board Director of Crunchfish AB, a technology company developing software innovations and Non-Executive Board Director at Zimpler AB, an open banking company in Europe. She is an experienced international executive and board director in the industries of Financial Services, Financial Technology, Financial Inclusion, Cards, Payments, and Insurance. She is a former Board Director at Nordax Group AB, a Nordic specialist bank for consumer lending in Northern Europe; and former Executive Chairman at Zwipe AS, a pioneer company providing biometric contactless payments experience globally; and she was Advisory Board member at Mastercard Europe, providing payments solutions across Europe. She is a former executive director at Nordea, a leading bank in Northern Europe.

Susanne Hannestad was first appointed in 2021 and her present term expires in 2025. She is of Norwegian nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Alexander Rinnooy Kan (1949)

Alexander Rinnooy Kan is appointed as Chair of the Board of SAAT as of 2023. Alexander Rinnooy Kan is former senator for D66, is Emeritus University Professor of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam and holds several board positions. Before that he was among others chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) (2012-2015) and crown member and chairman of the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) (2006-2012). In the years 1991 - 1996 he was chairman of the employers' organisation VNO and, after the merger with NCW, of VNO-NCW. From 1996 to 2006 he was a member of the Executive Board of ING Group. Alexander Rinnooy Kan was first appointed as member of the board in 2022, taking affect as of 1 January 2023, and his term expires in 2026. He is of Dutch nationality and does not hold any Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Tarique Arsiwalla (1975)

Tarique Arsiwalla is co-founder and member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Protix, the worldleading producer of sustainable insect-based proteins and lipids, recognised by the World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneer in 2015. He is the Head of Strategy & Business Development of Vermaat Groep B.V., providing tailor-made hospitality solutions. He is also investor in innovations that create environmental and health impact. Tarique Arsiwalla is an experienced leader, starting his professional career at ING, the management consulting firm McKinsey and until 2019 as CCO of Protix. Tarique Arsiwalla was first appointed in 2021 and his present term expires in 2025. He is of Dutch nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Roelien Ritsema van Eck (1975)

Roelien Ritsema van Eck is currently member of the Executive Board of De Alliantie, a Dutch housing corporation. She is also member of the Supervisory Board of IJsselland Hospital and Care Group Sint Maarten. Prior to that she was member of the Executive Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam (until 2021). She is an experienced banker and worked at ABN Amro (1999-2018) in various positions such as Director Real Estate & Facility Management, Director Payments and Director Credits. Roelien Ritsema van Eck was first appointed in 2021 and her present term expires in 2026. She is of Dutch nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank Depository Receipts.

Jolande Sap (1963)

Jolande Sap is chair of the Maatschappelijk Impact Team (Social Impact Team) that advises Dutch government on the social impact of pandemics and disruptive crises. She is also member of the Board of the Dutch Emissions Authority, non-executive director of Renewi, vice chair of the Supervisory Board of KPMG and member of the Supervisory Board of Royal KPN N.V. In addition, she is involved in several social initiatives, including Chair of the Smoke free table of the Dutch National Prevention Agreement, the Springtij Forum and the Impact Economy Foundation. Between 2008 and 2012, Jolande Sap represented the Dutch Green Party, GroenLinks, in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, she was party leader for the final two years of this period. Before that she worked as an economist in the fields of science, policy and business. She was, among other things, head of the Incomes Policy department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and director of the LEEFtijd center of expertise, a consultancy for sustainable employment issues. Jolande Sap was first appointed in 2020 and her present term expires in 2024. She is of Dutch nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Koen Schoors (1968)

Koen Schoors is member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Triodos Holding. He is professor of economics at Ghent University. His research focuses on banking and finance, law and economics, development economics, institutional economics and complexity. At Ghent University he is the current head of the newly founded Russia platform. Outside Ghent University Koen Schoors is Chair of the Board of Gigarant (loan guarantees) and Trividend (social investment fund) and is also a member of the Board of the Cooperative firm Energent (sustainable energy), and of the social-artistic collective Bij de Vieze Gasten. He also acted as an expert for the Fortis Commission of the Federal Parliament, the Dexia Commission of the Flemish Parliament and the G1000. He actively participates in the policy debate, via colloquia, debate evenings, public lectures, columns, commentaries and interviews. Koen Schoors was first appointed in 2017 and his present term expires in 2025. He is of Belgian nationality and does not own any Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.

Mercedes Valcarcel (1968)

Mercedes Valcarcel is CEO in Fundación Generation, Experts Forum’s member of the Santalucía Institute (Spanish insurance company) for supporting them on sustainability and professor in economics in Universidad Camilo José Cela and UNED (Spanish online public university) focused on social finance and social impact assessment. In the last years she participated in European Commission advisory groups on social entrepreneurship and on innovation. Previously, for 10 years, Mercedes Valcarcel was CEO in a public foundation in charge of promoting employment in small and mediumsized enterprises (SME). Before that, she worked for 14 years in the financial sector in internal audit, consultancy and financial departments of various European banks and venture capital companies, such as Sepides, Najeti, Banco Espirito Santo and Deloitte. Mercedes Valcarcel was first appointed in 2019 and her present term expires in 2023. She is of Spanish nationality and owns 156 Triodos Bank N.V. depository receipts.