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Get to know Inge Grimm, Suzan Koning, and Richard Wielinga. Together, they make our Executive Board, guiding and representing Saxion. The members of the Executive Board are appointed for a period of four years.

Executive Board

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Inge Grimm has been President of the Saxion Executive Board since 1 June 2025. Based on her portfolio, she will be focusing on strategy, research and valorisation. Prior to this, Inge was Chair of the Executive Board at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences. She studied HEAO Finance and Control at evening school at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences followed by Sociology – Work & Organisation (Arbeid & Organisatie) at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Inge also obtained her MBA at the University of Groningen.

Inge began her career in the business sector and she also has extensive experience in education. From 2003 onwards she worked in various management roles at Wageningen University & Research before moving to Windesheim in 2017, initially as vice-chair and her last four years as chair.

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executive board member (A.I.)

Suzan studied psychology at the University of Utrecht and has held various HRM and management positions in the business world. Alongside her work experience in the business community, she also has an extensive background in education having worked in the education sector since 2007. Suzan started at Saxion in 2018 as Head at the School of Education, which includes the Pabo (primary teacher training). Before that she was President of the Board/ Managing Director of CPS Onderwijsontwikkeling en Advies (education development and advice)] in Amersfoort. Suzan has also worked in a variety of supervisory and advisory positions including in the education sector.

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executive board member

Richard Wielinga joined Saxion's Executive Board on 1 September 2024. He is responsible for the Business Operations portfolio. Richard studied Public Administration at the University of Twente and is an experienced and enthusiastic director and manager with extensive experience in public organisations. Richard started his career as an organisational consultant at Twynstra Gudde. He then worked for 20 years in various municipalities as director of operations and general manager/municipal secretary. Most recently, Richard was a member of the Board of Directors at the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank), where he was responsible for the business operations portfolio. He went on to serve as the interim Director of Operational Services at the Municipality of Amsterdam.

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News about the Executive Board

Information Executive Board

Inge Grimm

Portfolio

  • Strategy
  • Research
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Applied safety (including knowledge security)
  • Internationalisation
  • Public relations
  • Supervisory Board
  • Saxion University Council

Key areas

  • Strategy, Research and Valorisation

Strategic theme

  • Growth research

Schools

Services

  • Department of Institutional Affairs (excluding Information Management)
  • Saxion Research and Graduate School
  • Saxion Centre for Entrepreneurship

External

  • Twente
  • Overijssel
  • The Hague
  • International
  • Tech For Future

Suzan Koning

Areas of interest

  • Education and educational support

Schools

 

  • School of Finance and International Business
  • School of Commerce & Entrepreneurship
  • School of Education
  • School of Applied Psychology and Human Resource Management
  • Saxion Parttime School

Services

  • Department of Education and Student Support

External

  • Deventer

Richard Wielinga

Portfolio 

  • Operational management;
  • Internal organisation
  • Information provision
  • Social safety

Strategic theme

  • Result-oriented, professional culture

Schools

  • Hospitality Business School
  • School of Governance, Law & Urban Development

Services

  • Marketing and Communication Department
  • Control, Finance & Audit Department
  • Business Support Organisation
  • Facility Service Organisation
  • Human Resource Management Department

External

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  • Apeldoorn 
  • Regio Stedendriehoek

In the Saxion Strategic Plan 2020-2024 the road map for the board has been laid out which emphasises offering outstanding education, student achievement and Saxion as a vibrant organisation. What sets us apart from other Universities of Applied Sciences is the focus on Living Technology: We see technology as an import part of our work and our lives. Our students thus create knowledge with successful application of technological developments in their own discipline.

The duties and rights of the Executive Board are laid out in the law, statutes and Board regulations.

Inge Grimm

Duties and roles outside Saxion

  • Chair of the Supervisory Board of social enterprise IW4 in Veenendaal (1 July 2017 to 30 June 2025)
  • Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Phion Orchestra - Gelderland & Overijssel (1 November 2023 to 1 November 2027)

Other Roles

Suzan Koning

External duties as member of the Executive Board

Our Executive Board is accountable to the Supervisory Board. The management and supervision are regulated in accordance with the "Branch Code Governance for Universities of Applied Sciences".
The Executive Board also justifies the administrative costs in accordance with the 'Declarations and administrative costs of Executive Board members funded Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences'.

Contact

You can contact Inge Grimm, Suzan Koning and Jan van der Boon via the secretarial office. Call 088 - 019 1628 or send a mail to [email protected].