Biographical details of members of the Board of Management
Mr K.W. (Koen) Bogers
Chair/CEO (from 1 June 2021)
Koen Bogers (b. 1969) joined the Board of Management on 1 May 2021 and was appointed as chair of the Board of Management of Stedin Group with effect from 1 June 2021. Koen was until recently Managing Director at Babcock & Wilcox in Denmark, a position he had held since 2018. Previously, he worked for Siemens for more than 20 years, where he performed various management roles related to energy, the energy transition, industry and infrastructure.
Areas of responsibility: Strategy and Regulation, Corporate Affairs, HRM, Corporate Communications, Internal Audit, VGMK (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality).
Other positions: Global Partner at Bloxhub, Adviser at Techleap.nl
Mr D. (Danny) Benima
Member/CFO
Danny Benima (b. 1978) has been the CFO since January 2019 and is a member of the Board of Management of Stedin Group. Prior to that date, he worked at Arcadis as CFO for Southern Europe and also held various financial positions at Arcadis and Stork. Danny studied International Management (HES Amsterdam) and Business Administration, with a specialisation in Financial Management (Nyenrode). Danny is a registered controller (Dutch: 'registercontroller', Tilburg University).
Areas of responsibility: Control, Risk, Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain, Treasury and Business Support Services.
Other positions: board member of Utility Connect, member of the Supervisory Board of EDSN (from February 2021), member of the Advisory Board of Stichting Hartekind (from May 2020), board member of NEDU (from 20 January 2021).
Ms G.M. (Trudy) Onland
Member/COO
Trudy Onland (b. 1974) was appointed to the Board of Management with effect from 1 June 2021. Prior to that, Trudy worked for 12 years at Dutch National Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS) in various management positions. At NS, she was responsible for the customer service operations and, in recent years, as Maintenance director, for the rolling stock of NS. She has extensive experience in managing complex processes and an innovative and solutions-oriented mentality, which provides an ideal fit with Stedin.
Areas of responsibility: Meter Cabinet & Connection, Malfunctions & Maintenance, High Voltage, Construction & Replacement, Customer.
Other positions: None
Mr D. (David) Peters
Member/CTO
David Peters (b. 1980) has been a member of the Board of Management since January 2018. Since May 2015, he has held the position of Strategy director at Stedin and has been responsible for strategy and innovation. Until May 2015, he worked at Boston Consulting Group in the Netherlands as well as abroad on strategy and organisation issues, especially in the energy sector. He was a member of the National Think Tank in 2006. He studied Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology and Applied Ethics at KU Leuven.
Areas of responsibility: Data Office, Change Office, Asset Management, Innovation, Market, NetVerder, DNWG, IT.
Other positions: Board member of Stichting Zeeuwse Publieke Belangen, chair of the Supervisory Board of USEF (until 1 July 2021), board member of Elaad, board member of EDSO, strategy adviser to ENCS, member of the Supervisory Board of GOPACS.
Stepped down in 2021
Mr M.W.M. (Marc) van der Linden
Chair/CEO
Marc van der Linden (b. 1972) was chair of the Board of Management between 1 February 2017 and 1 June 2021. Prior to that, he had been a member of the Board of Management of Eneco Holding N.V. from December 2012. He joined Eneco in 1997 and held various positions, including as director of Eneco Energy Projects, director of Eneco Installation Companies and director of Eneco Wind. Before that, Marc worked at Van Gansewinkel Group. He studied Economics at Tilburg University.
Areas of responsibility: Strategy and Regulation, Corporate Affairs, HR, Corporate Communications, Internal Audit, VGMK (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality).
Other positions: Member of the Cyber Security Council of the Netherlands, member of the Economic Board for South Holland.
All members of the Board of Management of Stedin Group have the Dutch nationality.