We strongly believe in empowering our employees. That’s why we give them the freedom to do their work as they see fit and take their own decisions. This is why we, as a large and international company, we can suffice with six board members.
Our board
Willem Meijer, non-executive director and chairman of the board
Willem Meijer is chairman of the non-executive board. In addition to this role at Centric, Willem is a supervisory director at Euroclear Netherlands, Belgium and France and Chairman of the Risk Committees. Willem is also a supervisory director at Fetim Group and Knox and founding partner of The ETM Factory. In addition, he is an independent director appointed by the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
Pieter Schoehuijs, non-executive director
Pieter Schoehuijs is a member of Centric's non-executive board. In his career, Pieter has gained extensive global experience in technology transformation processes and has been part of management in the role of CIO at leading international companies such as Glencore Agriculture, Capgemini and AkzoNobel.
Dick Heerschop, non-executive director
Dick Heerschop is a member of Centric's non-executive board. Dick brings over forty years of experience in top positions in government and business. In his role as non-executive director at Centric, he operates (as of August 2023) at the intersection of both, with a focus on government. In collaboration with the other board members and the management, Dick focuses on governance and the further development of Centric's strategy.
Peter Wakkie, CEO
Peter Wakkie is CEO at Centric. Peter has extensive experience as a lawyer, supervisory board member and director. In addition to his role as CEO of Centric, he is a supervisory director at BCD Holdings and vice chairman of the supervisory board at Steinhoff International. Peter was previously active as a director at Ahold and a supervisory director at ABN Amro, Wolters Kluwer and TomTom, among other companies.
Peter Mous, COO
Peter Mous is chief operational officer (COO) at Centric. He worked for IBM for 32 years. During his time there he was General Director IBM Netherlands and held various managerial positions in the Netherlands and abroad. After his career at IBM, Peter carried out various IT and change projects for government and private organizations. Peter started as COO in November 2022.
Freddie Veltmaat, CTO
In 2015, Freddie became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Centric. As CTO, he is in charge of all technical developments within our company. He is also responsible for Centric Romania and Lithuania, our knowledge hubs. Freddie has been working at Centric since 1987, starting at ICT Automatisering, one of the legal predecessors of Centric. In 2005, Freddie became Management Consultant at Centric Belgium and The Netherlands, for the divisions Centric Healthcare Solutions and Centric Supply Chain Solutions. In 2010, he started working for Antea USA as Project Director and Hub Leader.
Peter van Dongen, Interim CFO
Peter has been interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Centric since August 2022. Van Dongen (61) is trained as a chartered accountant and has more than 30 years of experience as CFO at various companies and organizations, including Audax, Etam Groep, Arbo Unie and the Dutch Standards Institute.
Debby de Gelder, CPO
As of January 2022, Debby de Gelder joined Centric as Chief People Officer (CPO). In this role Debby is responsible for the development of all employees in the countries in which Centric operates, in line with Centric’s strategy of prioritizing the professional and personal development of its workforce. Debby de Gelder has worked in relevant positions at Visma|Raet as managing director, COO/chief services officer and Director BPO. Before that, she was responsible for different HR-projects within KPN.
Tim Klinkert, CLO
Tim has been Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Centric since 1 January 2023, also board secretary. In this role, he is responsible for co-coordinating and managing decision-making with regard to contracts with customers, conducting contract management and advising on and participating in deliberations on decisions taken at the level of the (statutory) board of Centric Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries. Tim was registered as a lawyer prior to joining Centric.