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De Bestuurskamer

The place for questions and dilemmas at the level of executives and supervisors. When there is a need for an external view, or a decision has been made to evaluate performance, or if you want to grow as a leader. We offer a listening ear, guidance, advice and coaching. We ourselves are experienced directors and supervisors and have been involved in these kinds of topics for years. Our strength is to help directors move forward individually, as well as in a team and supervisors.

We are here for a flying start in a new role, but also in the event of dilemmas or emerging conflicts. When a team is only a team on paper but without productive harmony. Or when support is needed for difficult decisions, while key stakeholders seem to be at odds. We know how lonely the top can be and are there for constructive dialogue and creating a new perspective.

What we offer

The team

Dries van der Vossen

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Dries van der Vossen

Dries van der Vossen

As a former Marine officer, Dries knows how to keep a cool head in complex situations. Combined with years of leadership experience and then quickly moved into general management, this makes him the perfect discussion and dilemma partner for executives, boards of directors and supervisors.

Edwin Bouwman

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Edwin Bouwman

Edwin Bouwman

Edwin knows the dynamics of de Bestuurskamer like few others. For more than three decades, he has been involved in leadership teams in strategy development and talent development for public and private companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Roto Smeets CRH Plc and SHV Energy.

Hélène Vletter - van Dort

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Hélène Vletter - van Dort

Hélène Vletter - van Dort

Her resume reads like an exciting book. From lawyer at law firm Clifford Chance and counsel in the Enterprise Chamber to Chairman of Intertrust's Supervisory Board. From London to New York. Hélène includes all chapters in her efforts as an interlocutor.

Inge Brakman

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Inge Brakman

Inge Brakman

Inge is an all-rounder who has seen many boardrooms from the inside. Her birthplace is in the media sector, but she feels just as at home in the boardroom of a multinational company as an NGO. She works at De Bestuurskamer as an astute and involved evaluator, mediator and coach.

Jan Berent Heukensfeldt Jansen

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Jan Berent Heukensfeldt Jansen

Jan Berent Heukensfeldt Jansen

An experienced director who has experienced all the dilemmas that managers face. In his own career and with the people he has mentored. With an empathetic, involved style of one-on-one coaching, he offers, as he himself says, a “listening ear without his own agenda”

John Jaakke

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John Jaakke

John Jaakke

With decades of boardroom experience, John knows what to do at the top of the business community. At the same time, he has an empathetic and involved character. This makes him a person who works in a calm, clear and decisive way.

Pamela Boumeester

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Pamela Boumeester

Pamela Boumeester

After many years as a director, Pamela combines her strong business sense with clear intuition. She is averse to clichés and management book language. Because by saying what you want in plain words, you'll find out what your dreams and goals are.

“I've been walking around in a lot of boardrooms. From my own experience, I want to contribute to better governance and supervision. Provide insight into process and behavior. I know what it's like to make difficult decisions and I've felt the loneliness of the person ultimately responsible more than once. Laying an egg is harder than breaking an egg. That is why I also think it is important that people who lead are encouraged. You are unique, but the situation you're in isn't.”

“Sometimes you don't see where the way out is. As a director or team. Then objective foreign eyes can help. I am good at changing the perspective of an individual or an entire group. I am a commissioner, so I have an up-to-date insight into the group dynamics at play. The strength of De Bestuurskamer is that we can ask the right questions based on our own experience. “What are we actually doing? Where are we headed?”

“What drives me is helping people get the most out of themselves. You see so many directors break down for reasons that are really unnecessary. Thanks to my professional background, I can see why a group doesn't work. Why someone gets stuck. Or why someone comes across in a way that is very different than intended. I want to help prevent people from burning down or giving up when they don't really want to. And often, the solution turns out to be very simple.”