New members appointed to Foundation Board

The Key Region Leiden Foundation Board, in addition to the incumbent chairman, has been joined by two new members. The board now consists of three members coming from the fields of government, education and entrepreneurs. They are the following directors:

• Chairman Wietske Veltman, alderman for the economy of Leiden municipality (center in photo);
• Secretary Willem Jan Zirkzee, chairman Entrepreneurship Leiden (pictured left);
• Treasurer Joeri van den Steenhoven, a member of the Executive Board of Leiden University of Applied Sciences (pictured right).

For now, representation from the knowledge clusters is through our director Leonie Hussaarts.

‘Together we are committed to strengthening the innovative power of our region. We are intensifying cooperation with the province, state and Europe and ensuring a stronger connection between innovative clusters and the local economy.’

We sincerely thank our former board members Martijn van Pelt (VNO-NCW Rijnland) and Otto Jelsma (mboRijnland) for their years of commitment to our agenda.

The photo below shows a large part of Key Region Leiden Steering Committee. Check out our partner page for more information.