4.4 Executive Committee
Biographies of the Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the Executive Board members R.J.M. (Ruud) Joosten and H. (Henri) de Pater, as well as Mrs S.B. (Sabine) van Hooijdonk-Verboom, Mrs C. (Carla) Rodenburg-Verschuur and Mr J.D. (John) Wilkinson.
Since 2019, BAM has worked with an Executive Committee to ensure an optimal governance structure for sustainable long-term value creation, and to realise the company's strategy. Information about the role and responsibilities of the Executive Committee is included in the Executive Board and Executive Committee rules of procedure. The relationship and contact with the Supervisory Board is explained in the Supervisory Board rules of procedure (see www.bam.com), with Supervisory Board meetings generally being attended by all members of the Executive Committee.
From the left: J.D. (John) Wilkinson, S.B. (Sabine) van Hooijdonk-Verboom, R.J.M. (Ruud) Joosten, C. (Carla) Rodenburg-Verschuur, H. (Henri) de Pater.
S.B. (Sabine) van Hooijdonk-Verboom
(1981)
CHRO Mrs van Hooijdonk-Verboom was appointed Chief HR Officer (CHRO), effective 1 July 2023. She joined BAM in early 2022 as Executive Director Group HR. Before she joined BAM, Mrs van Hooijdonk-Verboom was global DE&I Lead and Executive HR Business Partner at JDE Peet's, where she was responsible for creating the People strategy in all the central functions. As part of this role, she led the creation and implementation of the D&I business case. She gained extensive HR experience with senior (global) positions at KPMG, Philips and Signify. Mrs van Hooijdonk-Verboom graduated with an MSc in Business Administration, with a specialism in human resources, at the VU University, Amsterdam.
Mrs van Hooijdonk-Verboom is a Dutch national.
Other offices: none
C. (Carla) Rodenburg-Verschuur
(1972)
COO division Netherlands, Mrs Rodenburg-Verschuur, was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the division as of 1 October 2024. She joined BAM in October 2020 as executive director of BAM Infra Netherlands. She was formerly Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee at Stork (acquired by Fluor). Previously, she held senior positions in general management and business development at KPNQwest and Shell. She started her career as a strategic consultant at Arthur D. Little. As well as an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, she holds an MBA (Drs) degree from Rotterdam School of Management and Duke University in the United States.
Mrs Rodenburg-Verschuur is a Dutch national.
Other offices: member of the Advisory Board of Deltares.
J.D. (John) Wilkinson
(1968)
COO division United Kingdom and Ireland, Mr Wilkinson was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the division as of 1 January 2022. Mr Wilkinson has been a member of the Executive Committee (as COO of the former Civil Engineering business line) since 5 October 2020. He was formerly President of Infrastructure and a member of the Executive Committee of SNC-Lavalin, in Canada. He previously held senior positions with British civil engineering companies Laing O’Rourke, Kier Group and May Gurney, as Managing Director of UK Infrastructure, Executive Director of Services and Managing Director. Mr Wilkinson holds a BSc (Hons) in Construction Management from Reading University and is an Alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Mr Wilkinson is a British national.
Other offices: none
