Personal details

Voorzitter en CEO

Maarten Otto has been chair of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since May 2020. He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. He joined Alliander in 2017 and has held various positions in the company. Prior to that, he worked for the organisational consultancies TEN HAVE Change Management and Twynstra Gudde. 

Maarten Otto studied Management, Economics and Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has also completed postgraduate courses at VU Amsterdam and the London Business School. 

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Chair of the Netbeheer Nederland Members Council

• Chair of the Management Board of WENb Werkgeversvereniging voor de Energie-, Kabel & Telecom- en Afval & Milieubedrijven (Employers’ Association for the Energy, Cable & Telecom and Waste & Environment Sectors)

• Member of the Executive Management Board of VNO-CW

Member of the Board and CFO

Walter Bien joined the Management Board on 7 October 2019, on which date he was also appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Before joining Alliander, he was CFO at Boskalis Dredging & Inland Infra and prior to that he held various board and management positions at Boskalis. Prior to his time at Boskalis, Walter Bien worked for Ballast Nedam.

Walter Bien earned a degree in Business Economics at the University Amsterdam. He also completed the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School and a postgraduate controllers programme at the University of Amsterdam.

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting AAP (wild animal rescue foundation), chair of the Audit Committee

• Member of the Finance & Audit Board and treasurer of Vereniging Natuurmonumenten (Dutch nature conservation association) 

Member of the Board and COO

Marlies Visser was appointed member of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from 1 May 2020. She is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Prior to joining the Board, she held the position of Director of Operations at Liander (from 2014). Before that, she worked at the Netherlands’ primary railway operator, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, for nearly ten years, including as the company’s Service & Operations Manager. 

Marlies Visser studied Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and, among other things, completed the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau (France).  

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Supervisory Board of Attero

Lid en CTO

Daan Schut joined the Management Board on 1 April 2019, on which date he was also appointed to the position of Chief Transition Officer (CTO). He is also responsible for the business and operations management of network operator Liander. Prior to joining the Board, he held the position of Director of Asset Management (from 2014) as well as various management positions between 2009 and 2014. Before Alliander, Daan Schut worked as an advisor at KPMG.

Daan Schut studied IT Auditing at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Business Economics at HAN University of Applied Sciences. He also attended the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau (France).  

Supervisory Board memberships/relevant other positions

• Member of the Management Board of Next Generation Infrastructures 

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting ElaadNL (knowledge and innovation centre on EV infrastructure and smart charging)

• Member of the Supervisory Board of GOPACS

• First appointed: 1 July 2016

• End of current term: 2024

• Alliander committee: member of the Selection, Appointment and Remuneration Committee

Background information

Ms Jorritsma was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 9 June 2015 to 13 June 2023, chairing the parliamentary party in the Senate from 24 November 2015 until the end of her tenure. After starting her national political career as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives in 1982, she served in two successive governments (Kok I and Kok II) as Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, and Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister respectively. Ms Jorritsma was Mayor of Almere from 2003 to 2015. She also chaired the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) for seven years.

Relevant other positions

• Chair of the Supervisory Board of Accell Group¹, member of the Supervisory Board of Sandy HoldCo (Roompot¹), member of the Supervisory Board of Wilgenhaege Capital Markets, member of the Advisory Board of Advies Econowind, chair of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (NVP, Dutch association of holding companies), member of the Supervisory Board of Platform Talent voor Techniek (Talent for technology platform), chair of the board of the Holland International Distribution Council.

F. (Frits) Eulderink (1961, Dutch nationality)

• First appointed: 26 September 2019

• End of current term: 2027

• Alliander committee: member of the Audit Committee

Background information

Mr Eulderink is an advisor to Royal Vopak. Until 24 April 2024, he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of Royal Vopak‘s Executive Board. He previously held various technical and management positions at Shell, including Vice President of Unconventional Oil in Houston (US). 

Relevant other positions

Chair of the Supervisory Board of Energie Beheer Nederland¹, member of the Supervisory Board of Dura Vermeer¹, member of the Advisory Council of Leiden Observatory research institute, member of the International Review Board of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy.

T. (Thessa) Menssen (1967, Dutch nationality)

• First appointed: 26 September 2019

• End of current term: 2027

• Alliander committee: chair of the Audit Committee

Background information

• Ms Menssen was CFO and a member of the Management Board of BAM Group and before that she was CFO and COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

Relevant other positions

Member of the Supervisory Board of Aalberts¹, member of the Supervisory Board of Ecorys, member of the Board of Trustees of the Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), member of the Board of Trustees of the Kröller Müller Museum.

M. (Marinka) Nooteboom (1971, Dutch nationality)

• First appointed: 19 April 2023

• End of current term: 2027

• Alliander committee: member of the Audit Committee 

Background information

Ms Nooteboom is CEO of Koninklijke Nooteboom Group. Nooteboom started out her career in the financial sector successively at F. van Lanschot Bankiers and ING, before moving to the Nooteboom Group in 2010. 

Relevant other positions

Member of Ace Centre of Expertise Advisory Council

G. R. (Gerard) Penning (1963, Dutch nationality)

• First appointed: 1 February 2021

• End of current term: 2025

• Alliander committee: chair of the Selection, Appointment and Remuneration Committee  

Background information

Mr Penning was Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a member of the ABN AMRO’s Executive Committee until 1 December 2022. He previously held various management and executive positions at Shell, including that of Executive Vice President of HR Downstream.

Relevant other positions

Member of the Administrative Board of the international organisation Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).