Ancillary activities of the Executive Board

The Executive Board is the managing body of the University. It is charged with general management and is responsible for efficient administration. The Tilburg University Executive Board is accountable: To the Board of Governors.

The EB of our Institution consists of the following:

  • Prof. Wim van de Donk, Rector Magnificus and President

  • Prof. Jantine Schuit, Vice Rector Magnificus

  • Paulina Snijders, MSc, Vice President

In 2021, the EB was supported in the Secretary General of the University, Hans-Georg van Liempd.

Ancillary positions

The overview shows the main ancillary activities of the members of the Tilburg University Executive Board. The ancillary activities of the members of the EB are approved by the Governance and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Governors. These ancillary activities fall under the Tilburg University Work for Third Parties Regulations.

Prof. Wim van de Donk

Rector Magnificus/President

  • Chair of the National Committee for 4 and 5 May

  • Trustee of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (known as VNO-NCW)

  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

  • Member of the Advisory Board of Nieuwe Kerk Breda

  • Netherlands School of Public Administration (NSOB) Master class

  • Member of the Board of Stichting Pater De Groot Fonds (Pater de Groot Fund Foundation)

  • Member of the Board of the Thijmgenootschap (Thijm Society/Association for Science and Ideology)

  • Advisor to the Rompuy Commission of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)

  • Independent Chair of the Bestuurlijk Ketenberaad (Administrative Chain Council; term ending: June 10, 2021)

  • Trustee of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten, VNG; term ending: October 1, 2021)

Functional activities

  • Member of the Steering Group for Strategy, Public Affairs, and Governance (SSPG) of the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL)

  • Member of the Council of University Rectors

  • General Board member of Midpoint Brabant

  • General Board member of the Brainport Foundation

  • General Board member of the Professor Cobbenhagen Foundation

  • Member of the Board of the Tilburg University Fund

  • Board President of the Tilburg University Foundation for Endowed Chairs

  • Adjunct member of the Foundation for the Support of Catholic Higher Education

Prof. Jantine Schuit

Vice Rector Magnificus

  • Member of/independent advisor to the Executive Committee of GGD West Brabant

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Functional activities

  • Member of the Steering Group for Teaching and Research (SOO) of the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL)

  • Member of the Board of Brainport Smart District

  • Member of the Board of the Brabant Foundation for Higher Education for Older People (HOVO) Brabant Senior Academy

  • Member of the Board of MindLabs

  • Member of the Steering Group for We Care

Paulina Snijders, MSc

Vice President

  • Member of the Board of Commissioners for the Bernhoven Hospital in Uden (Bernhoven B.V.); the Foundation for the Bernhoven Hospital Diagnostic Center and Thrombosis Service; and the Foundation for the Bernhoven Independent Treatment Center (term ending: November 1, 2021)

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bernbosch Foundation (by virtue of membership on the Board of Commissioners of Bernhoven Hospital; term ending: November 1, 2021)

Functional activities

  • Member of the Board of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL)

  • Vice Chair of the UNL Steering Group for Operations and Finances (SBF)

  • Member of the Collective Labor Agreement national delegation

  • Member of the Steering Group for the Tilburg Covenant on Student Accommodations

  • Member of the SURF Members’ Council

  • Member of the Program Committee for the Program on Governing the University in the 21st Century (UGOV21)

  • General Board member of the Midpoint Brabant Foundation

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