Curriculum Vitae
Personalia
Name: Kees Blokland
Born: Schiedam, 25 07 1947
Nationality: Dutch
Married: Nelleke Marian Kuehler
Children: Maarten, Menno, Michiel, Matthijs
Education
1965 Gymnasium B Vlaardingen
1971 Doctoral exam social psychology University of Amsterdam
Executive summer program Stanford
IMD Lausanne management program
Various seminars
Languages
Dutch: Mother tongue
English: Fluent
German: Fluent
French: Advanced
Work
1968-1971 Intagon (University of Amsterdam) Research assistant
1971-1972 Military Service Officer Telecommunications
1972-1973 Management Opleidingscentrum (MOC) Trainer/advisor
1974-1977 Hoogovens Ijmuiden Advisor/trainer
1977-1990 Vendex/Hodon (Holding international facilities services) Personnel manager/director, Various management functions
1990-1993 KNP BT (Paper and printing company, worldwide) Personnel manager trading and distribution
1994-1997 Hoechst AG (farma and chemical) Director personnel & organization (Holland), Manager project succession planning (Frankfurt)
1997-2003 Hoogovens/Corus Director corporate personnel & organization (Hoogovens, IJmuiden), Director personnel development (Corus, London, since merger, 1999)
2003- 2006 TNO(Applied technological research organization) Director personnel & organization
2006-2010 NS (Dutch National Railways) Director Personnel & Organization
Other activities
Supervisory Board Spaarne Gasthuis( until Q1 2016)
Supervisory Board KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen) (until Q2 2018)
Supervisory Board Doopsgezind Seminarium Amsterdam , Chair (until Q2 2021)
Code verantwoordelijk marktgedrag , Chair (until Q2 2022)
Mediation in industrial relations issues ( until Q2 2021)
Poetry (6 books published)
Hobbies
Skating, cycling, tennis, reading, writing