Board members

Mr. H.Th. Bouma (Chair)

2015 - 2019: Arbiter Bodembeweging (arbitrator land subsidence) for owners of buildings damaged by earth quakes in Groningen following gas extraction.
Until 1 February 2015: Deputy judge at the Court of Appeal in The Hague.
1970 - 2010: Partner (since 1975) and attorney-at-law at Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn. Specializing in corporate and insolvency law and advising government bodies and corporates.

Chairman of the board of the following claims foundations: Stichting Petrobras Compensation Foundation, Data Privacy Stichting and Volkswagen Group Diesel Efficiency Foundation.
Member of the board of Stichting OCA , a foundation that supports research in respect of class actions.
Chairman of the board of Stichting Continuiteit ASMI.
Chairman of several claim foundations

Supervisory board member Save the Children Nederland; Chairman of the board of Stichting Spaardersbelangen (a claims foundation for the benefit of investors Aegon);
Chairman of the board of Stichting Belangen Rechtsbijstandsverzekerden DSB (a claims foundation that entered into a settlement agreement with consumer bank DSB Bank N.V.);
Member Disputes Committee dealing with disputes regarding the execution of a settlement agreement in respect of the Dexia share leasing case;
Chairman of the board of Stichting Continuiteit Delta Lloyd;
Co-chairman of the board of Stichting Continuiteit Fortis;
Board member of the former administrative authority Centraal Fonds voor de Volkshuisvesting;
Board member of Vereniging Achmea

Until 2012 : Partner at Mazars Paardekooper Hoffman (since 1980)
Registeraccountant in public practice, specialized in financial audits and related advisory work for international organizations.
Managing Partner at Mazars Paardekooper Hoffman , 1992-2012
Member of Group Executive Board Mazars Group , 2000-2012
Chair/ Board Member of Praxity , an Global Alliance of Independent Accounting Firms, 2007-2015

Vice-president/Treasurer at Accountancy Europe , since from 2011 until 2017
Board Member/Treasurer at Royal NBA ( Dutch Institute of Accountants) , From 2011 until 2016
Member/Chair of Audit Committee of 'Commissie Centrale Statistiek' (supervisory body of CBS, Dutch Institute of National Statistics) from 2004 until 2012.

From 1978 till the end of 2016 working as a lawyer in district The Hague, since 2001 with Salomons van der Valk Advocaten.
Since 1985 mostly active as court-appointed trustee in bankruptcies and as administrator in suspensions of payment. Amongst others trustee in the bankruptcies of Infotheek Groep N.V. (and its thirty subsidiaries), of TXU Europe Trading B.V. and of various companies belonging to the Euro American Group.
In that period member of Insolad, Insol Europe en Insol World.

Owner/founder of Emma Kostense, Mediation&Advies (www.emmakostense.nl).
Registered Mediator at the MfN (Mediatorsfederatie Nederland) since 1999.
Coach since 2016.
Certified external confidential counsellor since 2023.
1976 - 2023 Lawyer at the Bars of successively Rotterdam, The Hague and Amsterdam.

Deputy judge at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
Member of the Council of Discipline (Raad van Discipline) of the Dutch Bar, district The Hague.
Member of the Supervisory Board of The Hague section of the Netherlands Bar Association.
Chair of the Dutch society of industry and trade, section The Hague.

Owner/founder of Cadension, providing 'financial surgery' to solve complex financial issues and expert support in litigation procedures (since 2014).
Vice President at Vallstein (consultancy on Bank Relationship Management) (2008 - 2013).
Director at ING Investment Management (2000 - 2008).
Treasury at CenE Bankiers (1997 - 2000).
Product Development at AEGON Asset Management (1995 - 1997).