HR Executive with extensive experience running complex global organisations with additional professional skills in retail, marketing and sales.

Over the course of his career Gerard has gained a true breath of business and professional experience. Assignments in Marketing, Sales and Commercial roles have been followed by a career in Human Resources, in which Gerard has built a strong track record in multiple areas of the business. More recently, he has been on the executive teams of the two largest businesses in Shell – Upstream and Downstream and in august 2020 he moved back to his home country the Netherlands to take on the position of CHRO of ABNAMRO Bank. From the beginning of 2023 Gerard has shifted his focus on NED roles linked to the energy transition/HR.

Gerard’s passion lies in working within global businesses to navigate the full range of external trends and disruptors and transform them into business opportunities. For Gerard the global energy transition creates an exciting leadership challenge in which he is ‘front and centre’.