Finance and the Common Good is a joint program by Socires and the Sustainable Finance Lab, both independent Dutch think-tanks. More information on these organisations can be found on their respective websites.

The Finance and the Common Good team:

Cor van Beuningen (Socires)

Kees Buitendijk (Socires)

Wilma Bakker (Socires) (Secretary)

Elisa Achterberg (Sustainable Finance Lab)

Rens van Tilburg (Sustainable Finance Lab)



Advisory Council for the program:

Jellie Banga

COO Triodos Bank.

Arnoud Boot

Voorzitter Sustainable Finance Lab, Professor Corporate Finance and Financial Markets at University of Amsterdam, Fellow of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Chairman of the European Finance Association (EFA), Research fellow at Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Erik Borgman

Professor Theology at University of Tilburg.

Govert Buijs

Professor political philosophy at Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, Chair 'Economy in relationship with Civil Society' at Goldschmeding Foundation.

Kees van Dijkhuizen

Former CEO ABN AMRO bank N.V.

Jos van Gennip

President at Socires, Chariman at Food First Coalition, Advisor at Anton Jurgens Foundation, Member Academic Council at Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, President SKOF Foundation.

Simone Heidema

Founder & CEO at CPI Risk, Finance & Governance, Co-Founder at De Buitenboordmotor, Member Supervisory Board at Vumc Fonds, Member Supervisory Board at Stichting Lezen & Schrijven, Board Member at De nieuwe Poort, Advisory Board member at European Leadership Platform, Member of the Advisory Committee on Governance, Risk & Compliance at NBA.

Petri Hofsté

Member of the Supervisory Board at Fugro, Member of the Supervisory Board at Rabobank, Member of the Supervisory Board at Achmea, Member of the Supervisory Board at KAS BANK N.V., Member of the Foundation Board at Nyenrode Business University, Member of the Board and treasurer at Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser.

Herman Mulder

(inter alia) Chair SDG Charter, True Price, Fellow at Nyenrode Business University, Chair at Impact Economy Foundation, Chairman at True Price Foundation, Member of the board at NCP-NL, Member of the TEEB Advisory Board, Member of jury of Dutch Sustainable Supply Chain Award.

Maurice Oostendorp

CEO at de Volksbank, Chairman of the Advisory Board at WIFS, Member of the Board at Dutch Banking Association, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V.

Anne-Marie Rakhorst

Founder at Duurzaamheid.nl.

Alexander Rinnooy Kan

Chair of the Supervisory Board at AMC, Chair of the Supervisory Board at Sarphati Institute, Chair of the Supervisory Board at Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Chair of the Supervisory Board at de Balie, Chair of the Supervisory Board at EYE, Chair of the Advisory Council at ACE, Member of the Board at World Connectors.

Annemieke Roobeek

Chair of the Board at Social Finance NL, Founding Member XL Labs, Chairperson of the Advisory Council for Responsible Investments at PGGM Investments, Member of the Inspiring Board at CPI Governance, Member of the Supervisory Board at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Chair for Strategy and Transformation Management at Nyenrode Business University, Owner at MeetingMoreMinds.

Onno Ruding

Former executive director at IMF, Former Member of the board at ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Former Minister of Finance, Former Chair of the Board at Citibank.

Haroon Sheikh

Senior researcher at WRR, Member of the Supervisory Board and Audit-commission at Omroep Human, Member of the Advisory Council at SIDN-fund, Member of the Advisory Council at Stichting Brainwash.

Marleen Stikker

Co-Founder at Waaag, Founder of 'De digitale stad', Member of the Board at Telematica Raad, Member of the Board at Virtueel Platform.

Paul Tang

Member (PvdA) of the European Parlement, Co-Founder at Datavakbond.

Herman Wijffels

Former CEO Rabobank, Former Chair at SER, Co-Chair at Worldconnectors, Co-Founder of Sustainable Finance Lab.

Corien Wortmann-Kool

Chairman of the Board at Pension Fund ABP, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Save the Children Netherlands, Co-Chair High level Expert Group Capital Markets Union at Ministry of Finance of France, Germany and the Netherlands, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Aegon, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Kadaster, Member Jury NL Business Women of the Year Award at Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin.