20 December 2007 - PRESS RELEASE
Management changes at ECORYS Netherlands and ECORYS Group, as of 1st January 2008:

Marten van den Bossche new chairman of the ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors; Max van der Sleen new chairman of the ECORYS Group Board of Management.

Marten van den Bossche has been appointed chairman of the ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors as of 1st January 2008. He succeeds Max van der Sleen, who will become chairman of the ECORYS Group Board of Management on the same date. Marten van den Bossche will also be a member of the ECORYS Group Board of Management.

Max van der Sleen (54) has been with the Netherlands Economic Institute and ECORYS since 1981. In 1999, he was appointed Manager of the Macro & Sector Policies Division. In 2001, he was appointed as member of the ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors and in July of the same year he was appointed chairman of the Board of Directors. In January 2005, he was made a member of the ECORYS Group Board of Management. As chairman of the Board of Managers of the ECORYS Group, Max van der Sleen will succeed Hugh Williams, who is retiring. 

Marten van den Bossche (47) has been with Netherlands Economic Institute and ECORYS since 1989 and has held various positions within the company (see overview). He has a degree in Economics from Rotterdam Erasmus University. In addition to his new role as chairman of the Board of Directors, Marten will continue to be actively involved in transport and regional economics related projects.

Max van der Sleen
1993 – Head of Monitoring and Evaluation Knowledge Centre
1999 – Manager of Macro & Sector Policies Division
2001 – Member of ECORYS Netherlands Management Team
2001 – Member of ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors
2005 – Member of ECORYS Group Board of Management
2008 – President of ECORYS Group Board of Management

Max van der Sleen: “Our choices, our company’: that’s the essence of the ECORYS strategy for the next three years. We will further strengthen our ambition to make ECORYS an internationally respected company, based on an ownership structure where employees are majority shareholders. I will strive to ensure that ECORYS does  not only  continue to evolve into a first-class, responsible employer and knowledge company in areas of  economic, social and environmental change, but also into a company recognized by clients for  contributing invaluably to managing the great challenges which we face today, through  sound analysis, inspiring ideas and effective delivery.
The strong economic orientation of many of our employees can be explained by the fact that the Netherlands Economic Institute was one of the founding members of the ECORYS Group,. I feel that this perspective, which epitomizes ECORYS, will also prove to be very valuable in the future when tackling major policy issues, not only in Europe and its neighbouring countries, but also in countries having economic and developmental links with the European Union and its Member States.” 

Marten van den Bossche
1989 – NEI Regional & Urban Development Researcher
1993 – NEI Regional & Urban development Project Manager
1995 – NEI Transport Associate Director
2000 – NEI Financial Director
2001 – ECORYS Transport Partner, Member of ECORYS Netherlands Executive Committee, Financial Director and Vice-President of ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors
2008 – President of ECORYS Netherlands Board of Directors and Member of ECORYS Group Board of Management

Marten van den Bossche: “I look forward to working together with our motivated staff to strengthen our company. I am convinced there are challenges in increasing our commitment towards socially relevant client issues as well as recruiting, training and retaining talented colleagues for implementing these projects.”

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Editor’s note

About ECORYS
ECORYS is one of the major European consultancy and research organizations, specialized in economic, social and environmental development. We have been bridging science and practice for
78 years. From our independent position we support our clients with sound analysis, inspiring ideas, practical solutions and delivery of projects for complex market, policy and management issues. ECORYS Nederland has a staff of some 270 highly qualified consultants and researchers, working worldwide for clients from the private and public sectors. The majority of ECORYS shares are owned by a large number of ECORYS staff. The remaining shares are largely in the hands of the Foundation Netherlands Economic Institute. This ownership structure guarantees ECORYS’ financial, commercial and professional independence. 
ECORYS has offices in Amsterdam, Ankara, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Madrid, Manchester, Moscow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Prague, Rotterdam, Sofia and Warsaw and representative offices in Washington, Manila, Kiev and Zagreb.

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