Mr. Pieter Aarts (1967, Dutch, male), Chairman of the Board of Directors (since January 2009)
Mr. Aarts graduated from the Technical University Eindhoven (NL) in 1989 before obtaining a Master in Business Administration from Kingston University in London (UK). He started his professional career in 1989 with one of the PinkRoccade Group subsidiaries as a consultant in logistics. In 1994, Mr. Aarts was made Managing Director of PinkRoccade Industry, and continued in various Managing and Executive positions, including member of the Board of Directors, within PinkRoccade until 2004. He then moved to Hewlett-Packard Netherlands as member of the Board of Directors before continuing as an interim manager for companies such as Inter Access and Ordina. Since 2002, Mr. Aarts has held a number of advisory management positions with a variety of organizations, mainly in the ICT industry.
Mr. Jan-Hein Pullens (1972, Dutch, male), Member of the Board of Directors (since January 2009)
Mr. Pullens graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht in 1997 having already started his professional career in the previous year as an Account Manager in the software industry. He was then recruited by Unisys Netherlands where he held various management and sales executive positions within Unisys’ Global Industry and Global Infrastructure divisions. In 2004, Mr. Pullens became Division Director for Outsourcing at Inter Access, where he led the development and growth of this new division. Three years later, in 2007, he joined Hewlett-Packard’s EMEA Strategic Outsourcing team as an Engagement Lead focusing on the large international IT outsourcing deals. Since 2005, Mr. Pullens has held various advisory management positions with a number of organizations.