The Supervisory Board ( SB ) of Royal FloraHolland has reappointed CEO Steven van Schilfgaarde for a four - year term . In summation , a Chief Value Officer ( CVO ) will be impart to the Board as of January 2024 . From then on , the Board of Directors of Royal FloraHolland will consist of CEO Steven van Schilfgaarde , CFO David van Mechelen and a CVO yet to be appoint .
From leave to right wing : Jack Goossens ( chairperson SB ) , Steven van Schilfgaarde ( CEO ) , Linda Hovius ( phallus SB , chairman of pick and wage committee )
Jack Goossens , chair of the Supervisory Board , explain : " Steven ’s 2nd term of office does not expire until May 2024 . For the interest of continuity and constancy , and also because we are very happy with Steven , the Supervisory Board was keen to extend with him in the interim . We have an fantabulous and well - go Board of Directors . The next important step is to further originate the Royal FloraHolland platform in line with the concerted and business scheme . Our Royal FloraHolland chopine consists of Floriday and our strong-arm hub , through which we can create more time value for agriculturist , buyers , other stakeholders and also for RFH . Our end is to in reality pull in the value that the platform can deliver . That requires an desegregate attack . A board - grade version with a Chief Value Officer is a logical next step .
Steven van Schilfgaarde : " Naturally , I am pleased with the confidence expressed by constitute me for a third terminal figure . I am particularly proud of with the progression we have made since I arrived seven and a one-half years ago . We are in constant negotiation with our members , agriculturist , buyers and employees about the hereafter . Thanks to good cooperation with the Members ' Council , we now have a cooperative and a line of work strategy that outfit together seamlessly . We are on our way to becoming a weapons platform organisation with services that ensure wanton trading , appropriate logistics and smart business . So we are taking significant pace . For the floriculture sphere , the grownup challenge at the moment is the call for an accelerated transition to sustainability . As a sector , we are win over of the grandness of sustainability and the social and economical value of our sector for the Netherlands . I will therefore be fully commit to enable these necessary changes at an appropriate and manageable pace . tone up the Board of Directors with the Modern position of Chief Value Officer will , in David ’s and my sight , provide the necessary acceleration that Royal FloraHolland needs . A rise of relevant knowledge and experience will ascertain the accelerated development of Modern combination of sustainable services for growers and emptor .
The expansion of the Board of Directors was also discussed with the Works Council . The Supervisory Board gestate to appoint a candidate for the placement of Chief Value Officer shortly .
Source : Royal FloraHolland
