What is the Supervisory Board and what does it do?
The Supervisory Board is a legally required, independently appointed supervisor over the Executive Board and the Stichting Design Academy Eindhoven.
The Supervisory Board is the body which appoints the members of the Executive Board, it draws up the budget, and must approve the annual statement of accounts. In addition, the Supervisory Board oversees the standards of the academy’s management and the education it offers. In doing so it applies the so-called Governance Code, which is a system of basic principles and rules with regard to good and adequate management. Lastly, the Supervisory Board also acts as a sounding board for the Executive Board.
The Design Academy Eindhoven Supervisory Board comprises five members. Members are appointed for a period of four years and may be reappointed immediately upon expiry of this term for a second or third term respectively. Therefore, as a rule, no member of the Board is entitled to serve longer than twelve years consecutively. To ensure a smooth transition, members of the Supervisory Board resign according to a predetermined retirement schedule (see below).
The central Works Council is entitled to nominate one candidate to the Supervisory Board.
The DAE Supervisory Board comprises the following five members:
Jan Wolter Wabeke - Chairman
Positions:
- Member of The Hague Court of Appeal
- Deputy Justice at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal
- Deputy Judge at the District Court of 's-Hertogenbosch
Auxiliary positions:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Catharina Hospital Eindhoven
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Het Blauwe Fonds (‘The Blue Fund’ promoting gay and lesbian emancipation)
Onno Hoes - Vice Chairman
Position:
- Mayor of Maastricht
Auxiliary positions:
- Member of the Permanent Scouting Committee for the Dutch political party VVD
- Chairman of the Board for the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI)
- Chairman of the Netherlands National Arbor Day Foundation
- Chairman of the task force on sport and exercise in the neighbourhood
Marianne Tijssen - Secretary
Position:
CFO Five Degrees Holding BV
Auxiliary positions:
None
Gitta Luiten (per 07/12/2012)
(Also nominated by the Works Council)
Position:
- Director Mondriaan Foundation
- Acting Director (a.i.) Premsela
Geertje Pruijsers (per 07/12/2012)
Position:
- Communications Manager at Woonbedrijf
Auxiliary positions:
- Member of the Casade arbitration board
- Member of the grievance committee for 'Woonruimteverdeling Wonen Bommelerwaard'
- Member of the fine arts commitee municipality Best
Supervisory Board retirement schedule
Jan Wolter Wabeke Joined December 2003
Reappointed December 2007
Reappointed (as chairman) October 2009
To be reappointed October 2013
Retiring October 2017
Onno Hoes Joined June 2008
To be reappointed June 2012
To be reappointed June 2016
Retiring June 2020
Marianne Tijssen Joined May 2009
To be reappointed May 2013
To be reappointed May 2017
Retiring May 2021
Gitta Luiten Joined December 2012
To be reappointed December 2016
To be reappointed December 2020
Retiring December 2024
Geertje Pruijsers Joined December 2012
To be reappointed December 2016
To be reappointed December 2020
Retiring December 2024