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Management and structure

The tasks and competencies of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board are defined in the administrative regulations. Within the Executive Board, we have made a portfolio allocation.

Legal structure

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) is a legal entity governed by public law under the Act on Higher Education and Scientific Research (WHW).

All activities at UMC Utrecht related to the commercialization of patentable inventions and the creation of spin-off companies fall under UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. Under the Dutch Patents Act of 1995, UMC Utrecht is the owner of all patentable inventions by its staff members. The Executive Board has entrusted the management of these to Utrecht Holdings. This includes the start and coordination of patent applications, the search for suitable commercial partners, and license negotiations. UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. pioneers innovation and knowledge valorization through patent control, the licensing of knowledge or participation in BVs where knowledge is developed further, and provides services (care-related innovations that do not involve any patents or licenses). UMC Utrecht is the sole owner of UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.

The public-law entity UMC Utrecht is accredited under the Care Institutions Accreditation Act (Wet toelating zorginstellingen, WTZi) and applies the Governance code for UMCs. UMC Utrecht is registered at the Chamber of Commerce under KvK number 30244197 and company number 000023527250.

Management philosophy

The management philosophy of UMC Utrecht is based on three lines of responsibility:

  1. Divisions and departments are according to the first line wholly responsible for their own operational process and risk control. Through self-monitoring they supervise how effectively they are doing it with regard to policy and strategic frameworks.

  2. Directorates are in the second line responsible, together with health-care providers, for taking the strategic goals of UMC Utrecht, operational risks and laws and regulations that apply to their – content supporting – field, and translating it into policy. The focal points do this in the field of health care, research and education. In coordination with the divisions, they issue a supported proposal that is submitted to the Executive Board for decision. Departments and focal points advise/facilitate the first line in the implementation of policy and monitor the organization-wide execution thereof. The second line monitors implementation and reports this to the first line, including the Executive Board.

  3. The Executive Board is responsible for the strategy of the organization and is wholly responsible for business operations, compliance with laws and regulations and standards, and the realization of the strategic goals. The Executive Board is supported in this by an internal audit section that, based on an annually drafted audit plan, tests whether risks in the organization are sufficiently controlled, and where there may be areas for improvement.

A number of UMC-wide consultation structures facilitate and structure the coordination between division managers, board members, focal-point chairs, and members of the Executive Board: Strategic Consultation, Operational UMC Utrecht Consultation, Business Operations Consultation, Education Consultation, and Research Consultation.

Executive Board

The composition of the Executive Board was modified in 2021.

Mirjam van Velthuizen-Lormans, who had been a member of the Executive Board since 2013, was discharged as member of the Executive Board following her appointment as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of ProRail as of November 1st, 2021. To replace Mirjam van Velthuizen-Lormans, the Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht appointed Josefien Kursten as member of the Board with the portfolio management and finance (CFO), with effect as of January 1st, 2022.

Anouk Vermeer-de Boer announced in 2021 that she would be leaving UMC Utrecht as of April 1st, 2022.. She subsequently decided - when an in-house successor came to the fore at short notice - to hand over her activities as member of the Executive Board as of November 1st, 2021. To replace Anouk Vermeer-de Boer, the Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht appointed Remco van Lunteren as member of the Executive Board with the portfolio operational affairs, with effect as of November 1st, 2021.

Members of the UMC Utrecht Executive Board in 2021:

Prof. M.M.E. (Margriet) Schneider, Chair

Margriet Schneider (1959) is Professor of Internal Medicine and a specialist in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Utrecht University (UU). She graduated in Medicine at UU in 1991 and in 1998 obtained her doctorate there. From 2004 to 2010, she held the position of Chair and Medical Manager of the new Intensive Care Center division, with the task to combine the four separate IC units at UMC and to innovate in a future-proof way and start up the Intensivist and IC nursing course. During this time, an international award-winning state-of-the-art intensive care unit was built on the roof of UMC Utrecht. In 2010 she was appointed as Chair of the Internal Medicine & Dermatology department and Internal Medicine instructor, and Chief Instructor for the Utrecht region. In November 2015 Magriet Schneider became Chair of the Executive Board of UMC Utrecht and in this capacity gave shape to the renewal of the UMC.

  • Margriet Schneider holds the following additional positions in 2021:

    • NFU Chair (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Health Hub Utrecht ambassador (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Director of Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (non-remunerated)

    • Chair of Bestuurstafel Gezond Utrecht (non-remunerated)

    • Member of the Topspecialistische Zorg en Onderzoek (TZO) committee at ZonMw (remunerated, allowance to Friends of UMC Utrecht/WKZ)

    • Member of the evaluation supervisory committee JZOJP (remunerated, allowance to Friends of UMC Utrecht/WKZ)

    • Chair of ROAZ Midden-Nederland (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Board member of Oncomid (unremunerated, position related)

Prof. A.W. (Arno) Hoes, Dean and Vice-Chair

Prof. Arno Hoes (1958) has been Dean and Vice-Chair of the board of directors of UMC Utrecht since June 1, 2019. He is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in General Practice at Utrecht University and was, until June 1st, 2019 Division Chair of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at UMC Utrecht. His research and teaching activities focus mainly on (early) diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic interventions in cardiovascular disease and on clinical research methods. He has a wealth of experience in managing national and international scientific associations and was closely involved in drawing up a range of national and international clinical guidelines.

  • In 2021, Arno Hoes held the following additional positions:

    • Chair of the steering group cluster cardiovascular risk management, Dutch Federation of Medical Specialists (FMS) (unremunerated, work-related)

    • Member of advisory commission, Dutch Association for Epidemiology (VvE) (unremunerated, work-related)

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board, DCVA (Dutch Cardiovascular Association) non-remunerated, work-related

    • Member of the Heart Failure Guidelines Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (non-remunerated, work-related)

    • Member of the Supervisory Board of the Netherlands Center for One Health (NCOH) (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the Supervisory Board of Utrecht Holdings (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the general board of the Dutch Clinical Research Foundation (DCRF) (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, anDREa B.V. (digital research environment) (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the editorial board, European Journal of Heart Failure (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the ESC Heart Failure editorial board (non-remunerated, position related)

Ms M.H. (Mirjam) van Velthuizen-Lormans, member (until 1 November 2021)

Mirjam van Velthuizen-Lormans (1972) studied Health Care Policy and Management at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. From 1996 until 1999 she was an external organizational consultant at the organization consulting firm Inter-Orga BV. In 2000 she joined UMC Utrecht where she filled a number of positions over a period of ten years, namely: business manager for Peri-Operative Care and SEH, business manager and manager Brain care division, business manager a.i. Utrecht Heart-Lung Center, member of the Daily Management, Severe Incidents Hospital, and member of the Management of the University Center for Sports Medicine. In 2010 she was appointed as member of the Executive Board of the Rivas Health Care Group, focusing on the Beatrix Hospital. Since October 2013 she was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of UMC Utrecht and until November 1st, 2021 was portfolio manager of Finance, Business Operations, IT, Sustainability, Accommodation and Real Estate. As manager, Mirjam van Velthuizen-Lormans gives direction and content to these fields.

  • In 2021, Mirjam van Velthuizen held the following additional positions:

    • Member of the Supervisory Board Friends of UMC Utrecht/WKZ (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the Supervisory Board of Health-RI (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Manager, Uithofbeheer partnerships (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Chair a.i. Board Cluster Gezond, EBU (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member, Management Consultation, Regional Development Agency (ROM) Utrecht region (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the External Advisory Board Executive Master of Science Finance & Control (EMFC) program at Nyenrode Business University (non-remunerated)

    • Member of the Nictiz Supervisory Board (remunerated)

Ms A. (Anouk) Vermeer-de Boer, member (until November 1st, 2021)

Anouk Vermeer-de Boer (1969) studied Technical Physics at HTS Eindhoven and General Business at Nyenrode University She worked for 18 years (until 2013) in various positions at Philips Electronics B.V., in particular the Health Care division. She has built her career in export, new business development and innovation, and intellectual property licensing and sales. Her last position within Philips was General Manager of Philips Healthcare Solutions, overall responsible for multi-year partnership projects with health-care providers worldwide. From 2013 to 2015 she worked at DSM Biomedical as Business Unit Director Biomaterials. From 2015 until October 1st, 2018, she was a healthcare group manager at the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven. Here she was responsible among other things for the Catharina Heart & Vascular Center. Anouk Vermeer joined the UMC Utrecht Executive Board on October 1st, 2018 as Chief Operations Officer. In this capacity, she is Chair of the Operational UMC Consulting and portfolio-holder of most of the (health-care) divisions and the directorate of Quality & Patient Safety at UMC Utrecht. Taking effect as of November 1st, 2021, she handed her position over to Remco van Lunteren.

  • In 2021, Anouk Vermeer-de Boerheld the following additional positions:

    • Member of the Supervisory Board of Utrecht Science Park (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Administrative Chair NFU-Consortium (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the general management of the Netherlands Study Center for Technology Trends (STT) (remunerated)

Mr J.W.R. (Remco) van Lunteren, member of the Executive Board (as of November 1st, 2021)

Remco van Lunteren (1977) studied Organization, Culture & Management at Utrecht University. He started his career in 2003 as procurement and ICT manager and subsequently worked as general manager of M2 Vloeren, his family business. After that, he built up managerial experience with the province of Utrecht as deputy from 2010 till 2015. At UMC Utrecht, he was director for strategic alliances since 2015, and in 2019 became business operations manager of the Brain-care division. As crisis capacity manager at UMC Utrecht, he played an important part in 2020 and 2021 in the organizing and upscaling of care during the COVID pandemic. Remco van Lunteren joined the UMC Utrecht Executive Board on November 1st, 2021 as Chief Operations Officer. In this capacity, he is Chair of Operational UMC Consulting and portfolio-holder of most of the (healthcare) divisions and the directorate of Quality & Patient Safety at UMC Utrecht.

  • Remco van Lunteren held the following additional positions in 2021 (as of November 1st, 2021):

    • Member of the Supervisory Board of A15 Apotheek (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Member of the Education & Patient Care Commission (non-remunerated, position related)

    • Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of PALLAS Foundation & NRG Foundation (remunerated)

    • Vice-Chair of the Board of the International Franz Liszt Competition (non-remunerated)

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board of Speelklok Museum (non-remunerated)

    • Chair of the Association of Former Members of the Utrecht Provincial Council (non-remunerated)

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board is in charge of continuously monitoring everything that happens at UMC Utrecht, which includes supervising compliance with laws, rules, guidelines, instructions and regulations that apply to UMC Utrecht. These tasks and competencies are described in more detail in the administrative regulations.

Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W). The Supervisory Board draws up a general profile for its composition, with attention to expertise, skills and diversity. This profile was updated in 2020 with regard to a vacancy that arose for 2021. For this, the Supervisory Board called upon the Executive Board as well as the participation councils.

Five committees advise the Supervisory Board in their respective fields and helps the Board prepare for its decision-making. The Supervisory Board is responsible for decision-making. The five committees are:

  • the Audit committee

  • the Quality and Safety committee

  • the Education and Research committee

  • the Governance and HR committee

  • the Defense committee

Composition of the Supervisory Board

The composition of the Supervisory Board was modified in 2021. As of June 1st, 2021, a vacancy arose when Gerrit van der Wal’s second term ended. The Dutch Minister of Education, Research & Science, Anne-Mei The, was appointed as member of the UMC Utrecht Supervisory Board as of June 1st, 2021.

Furthermore, the Minister of Education, Research & Science at the request of the Supervisory Board exceptionally extended the Caroline Princen’s second term - which was to end on February 28, 2022 - with one year until February 28, 2023. This request followed the announced departure on November 1st, 2021 of Mirjam van Velthuizen-Lormans, who had served as CFO on the UMC Utrecht Executive Council since 2013. In combination with the end of Caroline Princen’s second term as Chair of the Supervisory Board on February 28, 2022 and the end of the second term on April 30, 2022 of the Chair of the Audit Committee - Peter Leijh - this would have led to discontinuity in the management and a great loss of experience in a short time. By granting the request to extend Caroline Princen’s second term of appointment for a period of one year until February 28, 2023, a simultaneous discontinuity was avoided that would have arisen both in the Executive Board and in the Supervisory Board.

The composition of the UMC Utrecht Supervisory Board in 2021 was as follows:

Ms C.E. (Caroline) Princen, Chair

Main function in 2021: CEO Nuts Group

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term extended by one year, ending 02-28-2023

  • Member of the Governance and HR committee

  • Member of the Defense committee

  • Caroline Princen held the following (additional) positions in 2021:

    • Member (Vice-Chair) of the Supervisory Board, Ordina

    • Board member, VUMC Alzheimer Center (until 3-1-2021)

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, EYE Film Institute (until 1-1-2022)

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board, Perspectief

Prof. M. (Marianne) de Visser, Vice-Chair

Previous main functions: neurologist and former Chair of the Outpatient Division of Amsterdam University Medical Center, and Emeritus Professor of Neuromuscular Diseases at the University of Amsterdam.

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term, ending 07-01-2024

    • Chair of the Quality and Safety committee

    • Member of the Education and Research committee

  • Marianne de Visser holds the following (additional) functions:

    • Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), The Hague

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, Leyden Academy, Leiden

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board, LifeLines, Groningen

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, Center for Human Drug Research, Leiden

    • Board member, Voeding Leeft, Amsterdam

    • Chair of the Program committee Memorabel, ZonMw

    • Chair of the Board, Interest Group for Chronic Respiratory Support (VSCA)

    • Board member, Genetic Engineering Committee (Bilthoven)

Dr. P.C.J. (Peter) Leijh, general member

Previous main functions: former Board member, Leiden University Medical Center

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term, ending: 04-30-2022

    • Chair of the Audit committee

  • Peter Leijh holds the following (additional) functions:

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board, Holland PTC

    • Chair of the Chair of the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Foundation fund

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, CHDR Jan. 1st, 2021

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, Netherlands Heart Institute

    • Board member, Medipark B.V. Shareholding Foundation

Dr. A.H.P. (Aloys) Kregting, general member

Main function in 2021: Chief Information Officer (CIO) at AkzoNobel NV (until 1-1-2022)

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term, ending 12-01-2024

    • Member of the Audit committee

    • Chair of the Governance and HR committee

  • Aloys Kregting held the following (additional) positions in 2021:

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, De Volksbank

    • Member of the Global Research Board

    • Member CIO Platform

Mr. J.H. van Gelder, general member

Main function in 2021: Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Finance

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term, ending 10-01-2024

    • Chair of Defense committee

Prof. B.A.M. (Anne-Mei) The, general member (from 06-01-2021)

Main functions in 2021: owner Tao of Care and 'Dementie achter de voordeur'; also endowed professor of Longterm Care and Social Approach to Dementia, with a special focus on diversity, VU.

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: first term, ending 06-01-2025

    • Chair of the Education and Research committee

    • Member of the Quality and Safety committee

  • Anne-Mei The held the following additional positions in 2021:

    • Regent RCOAK (Rooms Catholyck Oude Armenkantoor Foundation), an equity fund

    • Member of the Supervisory Board, In mijn buurt Foundation

Prof. G. (Gerrit) van der Wal, general member (until 6-1-2021)

Previous main functions: former Inspector General, Health Care Inspectorate, and Emeritus Professor in Community Medicine at VUMC.

  • Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht: second term, ending 6/1/2021

    • Chair of the Education and Research committee

    • Member of the Quality and Safety committee

  • Gerrit van der Wal held the following (additional) positions in 2021:

    • Chair of the Supervisory Board, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda

    • Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board, Zorggroep Almere

    • Chair of the Advisory Board, Princess Máxima Center and Shared Care UMCs

    • Chair of the National Program for Palliative Care Palliantie ZonMW

    • Chair of the ABS-physicians steering group

    • Chair of Beleidscollege SCEN

Activities of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board was briefed in 2021 on developments at UMC Utrecht and on the implementation of its policy. As in 2020, due to COVID-19, this this took place partly online and partly in person.

Via webinars, digital and partly in-person consultations with the Executive Board and employee representatives, newsletters, individual work meetings, team-building, a strategy session at an external venue, and various reports enabled the Supervisory Board organized supervision in 2021. In its self-appraisal at the end of 2021, the Supervisory Board talked about drawing up a vision for supervision. This will be determined in the first quarter of 2022 and will be published on the UMC Utrecht website. The Chair of the Supervisory Board moreover participates in Chair discussions of the joint Supervisory Boards of UMCs.

  • In addition, the Supervisory Board undertook the following activities in 2021:

    • Seven regular meetings (four times online and three times in person) meetings with the Executive Board.

    • Participation (partly in person, partly online) in committee meetings.

    • Two (online) consultations with the Works Council.

    • One (online) consultation with the Client Council.

    • One physical self-appraisal.

    • Attending digital week-starts.

    • In the scope of onboarding for two new members, work visits were conducted and master classes followed.

    • Participating in digital tracers.

    • A team-building evening for members of the Supervisory Board.

    • An in-person theme event with the Executive Board on culture and digital care.