Board and staff

Board 2021

Prof. dr. Jan Peter Balkenende

Chair Board Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Professor Governance, Institutions and Internationalization Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • External Senior Advisor to EY
  • Chairman Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition
  • Member Supervisory Board Stichting Topsport Community
  • Member Advisory Board PortXL (Rotterdam)
  • Member Sustainability Advisory Board Van Oord
  • Advisor to Rijk Zwaan
  • Associate Partner at Hague Corporate Affairs
  • Chairman New Mobility Foundation/New Mobility Foundation International
  • Member Executive Board Global Center on Adaptation
  • Member World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid

Rutger Baan

Board member Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Solution Manager IBM Nederland N.V.

Annelies van Veldhuizen-Baan

Member to the board Stichting Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn, Specialized nurse dialysis

Prof. dr. Elbert Dijkgraaf

Member to the board Stichting Noaber Foundation and Noaber Ventures B.V.

  • Professor Empirical Economics of the Public Sector, Department Of Economics, Erasmus University
  • Chair Stewardship B.V.
  • Booard member  Stichting Stewardship Foundation
  • Owner Dijkgraaf Strategisch Advies B.V.
  • Board member Stichting Eleven Floawers Foundation
  • Member Advisoryboard Van Westreenen
  • Chair Supervisory Board Leliezorggroep
  • Member supervisory Board Acture
  • Member supervisory Board SRK Groep
  • Member supervisory Board Wageningen University & Research (from March 1 2021)
  • Member supervisory Board New Amsterdam Invest (from April 1 2021)
  • Non-executive Member De Vries en Verburg (from July 1 2021)
  • Member Steering Committee Toereikendheid, doelmatigheid en kostenonderzoek MBO, HO en WO (until February 2021)

Staff

Matthijs Blokhuis

CEO

  • Managing Director Noaber Ventures B.V.
  • Managing Director Stewardship Ventures B.V.
  • Managing Director Eleven Floawers Ventures B.V. (until July 2021)
  • Managing Director IRIS B.V.
  • Director Vereniging NextGen Ventures
  • Director NextGen Ventures Management B.V.
  • Chairman of the Board of Silicon Polder Fund
  • Supervisory Board Member &niped Prevention B.V.
  • Supervisory Board Member Soulve Innovation B.V.
  • Board member Stichting HealthKIC
  • Board member Elsa Science  (since September 2021)
  • Board member Ambient Clinical Analytics (until May 2021)

Berdine Preuter

Program manager

Wim Post

Program manager

Carl Verheijen

Director knowledge and innovation

  • Director healthKIC Foundation
  • Chef de Mission TeamNL Olympic Games 2022 Beijing
  • Ambassador Fonds Gehandicapten Sport

Maarten Fischer

Program manager

  • Program Manager George Avenue Foundation
  • Board Member Stichting 't Paradijs
  • Director Federatie Landbouw en Zorg Nederland

Peter Haasjes

Investment director

  • Managing Director NextGen Ventures Management B.V.
  • Supervisory Board Member LeQuest B.V.
  • Director of Stichting Administratiekantoor AMT-Medical
  • Investment Committee Member Blue Sparrows Medtech Fund

Roel Dekkers

Investment manager

Thijs Schaap

Investment manager

  • Advisory board member bij Newsenselab GmbH

Bianca Groeneveld

Office manager

Sandra Mayr

Investment director

  • Investment manager Vereniging NextGen Ventures
  • Supervisory board member Plasmacure B.V.
  • Advisory committee member Rockstart Agrifood Fund
  • Supervisory board member Quli B.V. 

Warnyta Minnaard

Investment manager

  • Founder and Chairman of Stichting Vrienden van Hederik
  • Boardmember of Stichting Cancer of Unknown Primary Platform - Netherlands (CUPP-NL) - (from 28 June 2021)
  • Founder of Warnyta Minnaard Consulting Services

H. (Harriƫt) Gijsbertsen

Program manager