Board and management

The Utrecht University Fund board is made up of six board members (alumni of Utrecht University), including one member of the University's Executive Board. The board is made up of the following people:

Maurice Unck LLM, Vice Chairman

Maurice Unck is an alumnus in Dutch law. Since 2024, Maurice Unck has been Managing Director Mail Nederland, Koninklijke Post NL. Previously he worked as Managing Director/CEO of transport company RET. He has held numerous management positions in the public transport sector, among which member of the Board of Directors of NS. During his career, he completed executive programmes at INSEAD and Nyenrode Business University.

Ernestine Schimmelpenninck LLM

Ernestine Schimmelpenninck (1962) is an alumnus in Law. She is director of asset management at Fair Capital Partners. She works from the conviction that conscious and responsible investment is necessary for a better future. She started her career at ABN AMRO and subsequently worked for Rabobank, Schretlen & Co, IBS Capital Management and consultancy agency KplusV, among others. She was previously a board member of Stichting Haëlla Vermogensbeheer.

Prof. José van Dijck

Prof. José van Dijck (1960) is a university professor of Media and Digital Society at Utrecht University. Her research is about media, social media and media technologies. Van Dijck studied literature and Dutch at Utrecht University (1985) and obtained her PhD in 1992 at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In 2001 she was appointed professor at the University of Amsterdam. From 2015 to 2018 she was president of the Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW).

Prof. dr. ir. Wilco Hazeleger

Wilco Hazeleger (1971) is Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University since 26 March 2025 and professor of Climate System Science. He studied meteorology at Wageningen University and Reading University (UK). He obtained his PhD in physical oceanography at Utrecht University in 1999. He then worked at Columbia University (New York) and at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). He was also professor of Climate Dynamics at Wageningen University. From 2014 to 2019, he was director of the Netherlands eScience Center, and he was dean of the Faculty of Geosciences from 1 July 2019 to 1 March 2025.

Drs Paul Stamsnijder

Paul Stamsnijder (1968) studied Dutch language and literature. He is the founder and managing partner of the Reputation Group, a strategic corporate communication agency. He advises directors, supervisors and (communication) directors on strategic changes and cooperation processes. He is also active as a healthcare regulator. He has written various books, including one on stakeholder management.

Management: drs. Annemiek Vermeulen

Annemiek Vermeulen is director of the Utrecht University Fund and also head of Relationship Management at Utrecht University. The director and employees of the Utrecht University Fund office are employed by Utrecht University. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities of the 'Universiteiten van Nederland' applies to them.