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: Good

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)

Code verantwoordelijk marktgedrag (Chair)

Executive coaching

Mediation in industrial relations issues

Poetry (6 books published)

Hobbies
Skating, cycling, tennis, reading, writing