The Management Board of Alliander has four members. Mr M.J. Otto is Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. M.I. Visser is Board Member and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr W. Th. Bien is Board Member and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr F.D. Schut is Board Member and Chief Transition Officer (CTO). They are also responsible for the management and business operations of the grid operator Liander.
(1983, Dutch nationality)
Chair and CEO
Maarten Otto has been chair of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 20 May 2020. He joined Alliander in 2017 and has held various positions in the company. Prior to that, he worked for the organisational consultancies TEN HAVE Change Management and Twynstra Gudde.
Maarten Otto studied Management, Economics and Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Management Consulting from the VU Amsterdam and the London Business School.
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(1968, Dutch nationality)
Member and COO
Marlies Visser has been a member of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 1 May 2020. Prior to joining the Board, she held the position of Director of Operations at Liander (from 2014). Before that, she worked at the Netherlands’ primary railway operator, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, for nearly ten years, including as the company’s Service & Operations Manager.
Marlies Visser studied Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and completed the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme (AMP) in Fontainebleau, France.
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(1972, Dutch nationality)
Member and CFO
Walter Bien has been a member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 7 October 2019. Before joining Alliander, he was CFO at Boskalis Dredging & Inland Infra and prior to that he held various board and management positions at Boskalis. Prior to his time at Boskalis, Walter Bien worked for Ballast Nedam.
Walter Bien earned a degree in Business Economics at the University Amsterdam. He also completed the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School and a postgraduate controllers programme at the University of Amsterdam.
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(1974, Dutch nationality)
Member and CTO
Daan Schut has been a member of the Management Board and CTO since 1 April 2019. Prior to joining the Board, he held the position of Director of Asset Management (from 2014) as well as various management positions between 2009 and 2014. Before Alliander, Daan Schut worked as an advisor at KPMG.
Daan Schut studied IT Auditing at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Business Economics at HAN University of Applied Sciences. He also completed the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme (AMP).
Supervisory board memberships/relevant other positions:
Member of the Management Board of Next Generation Infrastructures
Member of the Board of Trustees of Stichting ElaadNL (knowledge and innovation centre on EV infrastructure and smart charging)
Member of the Supervisory Board of GOPACS
