Wim de Smidt

Senior Consultant
Human Resources
HR Adviser
Human Resources
+31 6 42 221 441
w.desmidt@uu.nl

chairman university council

As independent chair, I direct the meetings, both of the University Council itself and the Council's meetings with the Executive Board, the Council Presidium and committees. The chair has an important role in the process direction of consultation and decision-making, in the interaction between Council and College and serves both solicited and unsolicited advice. I also have a role in the connection between the University Council and the participation of faculties and departments. I also represent the University Council outside the university, for example in LOVUM, the national consultative body of university employee representatives.

senior HR advisor

As of January 1, 2024, I am still working as a senior HR consultant for one and a half days a week. Mainly for short-term tasks and projects.
Before that, I was mainly involved in more complex, policy and strategic questions and more complex individual cases from the departments of USBO (until September 1, 2023 and U.S.E. (until January 1, 2024).
I also had Academic Careers, Law and Regulations and University Function Ordering (UFO) in my portfolio and was a member of the University Working Group on Recognition and Reward.