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Supervisory Board

Organisation

The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is an independent university of applied sciences with approximately 1000 students. The Rietveld Academie offers two degree programmes – Autonomous Fine Arts and Design – which incorporate the various specialisations. The specialisations are led by coordinators who are responsible for the study programme and day-to-day affairs. Some two hundred lecturers are affiliated with the academy. Lecturers all work on a part-time basis and are also independent artists or designers.

The everyday management of the academy is the responsibility of the Executive Board and three directors. Together these form the Management Team, which consists of the following members: Tijmen van Grootheest, Chairman of the Executive Board; Jurgen Bey, Director of Masters (Sandberg Instituut); Ben Zegers, Director of Bachelors; Annelies van Eennennaam, Director of Operations

The Executive Board is supported by a compact support organisation, consisting of a secretarial department, two policy officials and the departments of Human Resources, Financial Affairs, Facility Services and Student Affairs.

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board supervises the Executive Board and the general state of affairs within the academy. The Supervisory Board is an important sounding board for the Executive Board with regard to policy decisions. Within The Supervisory Board several fields of expertise are represented such as finance, education and the fine arts. The Rietveld Academie strongly values that at least one artist or designer is part of the Supervisory Board.
The members of the Supervisory Board are:

Kees van Twist (chairman), Director of the Groninger Museum (since 2008)

Irma Boom, designer (since 2003)

Saskia Bos, Dean, School of Art, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City (since 2008)

Robbert Dijkgraaf, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2008)

Eppo Horlings, registered accountant, Managing Director of the Horatio Assurance Group BV (since 2007)

    Els Swaab, mediation lawyer (since 2011)

Rick van der Ploeg, professor of Economics, Oxford University (since 2010)