ESNL welcomes new board members
As of January 1, 2022, Jillis Raadschelders (Mott MacDonald), Aris de Groot (Ecovat), Peter Teerlink (S4Energy) and Rob Kreiter (TKI Energy & Industry) will resign their duties as board members for Energy Storage NL.
Jillis Raadschelders filled the role of president for ESNL until then, and as of Oct. 1, Maarten van den Heuvel (Bredenoord) took over the gavel from him. He introduced himself earlier in this notice. The board seats are further completed with Margien Storm van Leeuwen (QuinteQ), Ruud Nijs (GIGA Storage) and Koen Broess (DNV). ESNL warmly welcomes the new board members and wishes them every success in their new roles.
Pleased to introduce themselves:
Margien Storm van Leeuwen:
Margien studied Chemistry at Utrecht University. She worked at DSM, NedStack and Bredenoord and worked as product manager, purchasing manager, sales manager, business development and held various positions in management teams. She loves the combination of new technology and marketing in the field of energy transition. Thus, she worked with various plastics, coatings, fuel cells, aggregates, batteries, PV and renewable fuels. Currently, she is Chief Commercial Officer at QuinteQ, a young high-tech company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing the most advanced flywheel that fits the emerging need for robust storage technology in defense, subways and trains, fast charging plazas for larger electric logistics, ports and cranes, and various microgrids in industry with infinite cycles and circular construction.
Ruud Nijs:
Ruud really wants to help make the world a little better, and in a businesslike way. Since 2018, he has been the CEO of GIGA Storage. GIGA storage develops, manages and invests in large-scale battery storage in Europe. Investments are made in projects for both grid stability and energy optimization. Previously, Ruud's main interests were in sustainable finance and Artificial Intelligence (including neural networks). He had the opportunity to work at both ABN Amro bank and Rabobank for many years, his last role at Rabobank being Director of Corporate Social Responsibility. Ruud has also had the opportunity to sit on various Investment Committees of sustainable funds and has been involved in entrepreneurship in developing countries through BID Network and IFAD. In his opinion, energy storage is incredibly important to keep our electricity grid stable and ready for the future, where much more green energy will be generated in many places around the country.
Koen Broess:
Dr. Koen Broess has a PhD in biophysics and a master's degree in chemistry. He is responsible as segment leader energy storage & EVs for business development in North Europe. He is also key account manager. He has more than 11 years of experience in energy storage projects, new services and business models in the energy market and has set up and coordinated several (inter-)national projects. He is responsible for quality control of proposals and involved in the development of the battery safety test center. On national level, he was involved in the Dutch climate agreement, roadmap energy storage and the roadmap of electric vehicle batteries for the Dutch government. He is a member of the working group for the Dutch ministry of Infrastructure and water management for battery safety and regulations. Lastly, he is a member of the executive board of the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE).
