Staff Nexus Institute
Rob Riemen
founder and president
info[at]nexus-instituut.nl
Rob Riemen (1962) began publishing the journal Nexus in 1991 and founded the Nexus Institute in 1994. As its president, he develops and initiates the ideas and activities of the Nexus Institute. He is the author of Nobility of Spirit. A Forgotten Ideal (2008), The Eternal Return of Fascism (2010) and To Fight Against This Age (2018, W.W. Norton). See also his website, www.robriemen.nl/en.
Eveline Riemen-van der Ham
CEO
ham[at]nexus-instituut.nl
Eveline Riemen-van der Ham (1986) is the ceo of the Institute. In close collaboration with Rob Riemen, she determines its financial and strategic policies. She is also jointly responsible for the content of the programme. Eveline studied theology and cultural studies in Tilburg and Rome.
Thomas Heij
senior editor and marketeer
heij[at]nexus-instituut.nl
Thomas Heij (1989) is senior editor of Nexus, researcher and responsible for the online marketing of the Nexus Institute. He studied philosophy in Groningen and translated philosophical classics from Isaiah Berlin, Francis Bacon, George Orwell and others into Dutch.
Sterre Collee
editor and marketeer
collee[at]nexus-instituut.nl
Sterre Collee (1997) is junior editor for Nexus. She contributes to the editing of Nexus, the website and the online marketing of the Nexus Institute. She studied philosophy and Dutch literature in Utrecht, mainly focusing on fin de siècle artists and thinkers.
Agnes Oostrijck
office manager and administrative staff member
oostrijck[at]nexus-instituut.nl
Agnes Oostrijck (1970) is co-responsible for the administration of the Nexus Institute. After her administrative assistant training, she was employed as a staff member for word processing and mail registration at the municipality of Uithoorn. Subsequently, she worked as an administrative assistant at a technical security company in Haarlem.
SUPERVISORY BOARD
chairman supervisory board, partner Allen & Overy Amsterdam
Tex Gunning
CEO, Leaseplan Corporation
FRIENDS OF THE NEXUS INSTITUTE BOARD
Eveline Riemen – van der Ham
secretary and treasurer
Arnold Croiset van Uchelen
partner Allen & Overy Amsterdam
Coen Teulings
distinguished professor at Utrecht University
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Miguel Aguilar
Literary Director of Taurus at Penguin Random House
Pierre Audi
opera director
José Manuel Barroso
former president European Commission, current chair and non-executive director of Goldman Sach’s International Advisors
Nicola Benedetti
classical solo violinist, Festival Director for the Edinbugh International Festival, founder of the Benedetti Foundation
Tom de Bruijn
Dutch diplomat
Damien Chazelle
Oscar winning film maker
Angus Deaton
Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics
Patricia Duff
founder of The Common Good, which encourages greater citizen participation in civic life and the political process
William Fallon
retired US Four Star Admiral
Iván Fischer
conductor
Emilie Gordenker
director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
Victor Halberstadt
Professor of Economics, Leiden University
Michael Ignatieff
writer and political philosopher
Kishore Mahbubani
most influential Asian thinker and Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute in Singapore
Wynton Marsalis
musician
László Nemes
Oscar winning film maker
Garance Pineau
Director General of MEDEF, the largest French employers’ organization
Els van der Plas
director Allard Pierson Museum
Simon Reinink
Concertgebouw director
Abderrahmane Sissako
César winning film maker
Leon Wieseltier
Jewish-American public intellectual and editor of Liberties