Maarten de Vries

CFO and member of the Management Board at Akzo Nobel

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Previous CFO and Management Board roles at Intertrust Group and at TNT (turnover 6.9 bln E), as well as CEO role of a globally operating stand-alone business with full P&L responsibility (TP Vision, turnover 2.6 bln Euro). Broad international business experience and strong Finance background: held various CFO positions as well as Chief Information Officer and Chief Supply Officer at Group Management Committee level in multinational company (Royal Philips, turnover 23 bln Euro). Extensive Business experience in Asia; worked and lived 10 years in Asia (Taiwan) and speak Chinese language at conversational level. Served 5 years as member of Board of Directors of Hong Kong listed company (TPV Technology, turnover 12 bln USD). Highly committed and results oriented with extensive experience in driving organizational change and transformation programs. Takes a personal interest in developing people and building strong and diverse teams.

Experience

  • Board Member at Wolters Kluwer
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Board member Sikkens Foundation at Sikkens Prize
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • CFO and member of the Management Board at AkzoNobel
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

  • CFO and member of the Management Board at Intertrust Group
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr

    Responsible for Finance, IT, Procurement and Operations.

  • CFO and Executive Board member at TNT
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Responsible for Finance, IT, Purchasing, Real Estate, Global Business Services and Data Management. Turnover 6.9 bln Euro and 56,000 employees.