The Supervisory Board
Simavi’s Supervisory Board performs integral supervision, acts as an employer and advises the management. The current Board consists of five members, including the chairman, with a diverse background. The composition is such that members jointly have the required knowledge, experience and networks to be able to assess the vision, mission, strategy and goals of the organization and business operations in general, and to be able to adequately perform its supervisory and advisory function. The Board usually meets four to five times a year. In addition, attendance may be desirable at internal and / or external meetings. The council evaluates itself every year to improve the desired effectiveness and team dynamics.
Simavi’s Supervisory Board is composed as follows:
| Supervisory board members | Area of expertise | Current position | Other ancillary positions |
| Michiel de Wilde, chair, remuneration committee, strategy committee | Strategy and organisation, international development, CSR | Head of board / Managing director at Goldschmeding Foundation for People, Work and Economy | Chairman of the board of Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum (The Hague) |
| Mirjam Bakker, vice chair, audit committee | Governance, risk and compliance management | Group Risk & Compliance Director at SBM Offshore N.V. | Member of the supervisory board and audit committee of GGZ ingeest; Board member of Stichting Stimuleringskader Integere Organisatie (SSIO) |
| Hans Valkenburg | Finance, planning, Theory of Change, development, poverty alleviation, journalism | Self-employed consultant on finance, strategy and planning | Member of the board of Milieudefensie; Non-executive member of the board of Tear; Non-executive member of the board of Perspactive |
| Willem van de Put | International health development | Co-founder of Culture for Change | Research fellow at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp); Research fellow at Fordham University (New York); co-director of research grant ARC ‘Angulimala Walks’ on violence in Cambodia; Board member of The Green Can Foundation |
| Jeroen Wels, remuneration committee, strategy committee | Human resources management | Executive Vice-President Human Resources, Unilever | – |