New chairman and new member of Transavia's Supervisory Board
Today Dave del Canho (52) started as chairman of the Supervisory Board (SB) of Transavia. He succeeds Hans Bakker. After a presidency of nine years, Hans Bakker's term of office has expired. As a sitting member and deputy chairman of the Transavia Supervisory Board, Dave del Canho was already well known to Transavia. Transavia welcomes Jenny Elissen (58) to fill the vacant position in the Council.
Mattijs ten Brink, CEO Transavia: 'We thank Hans Bakker for his many years of dedication to our organization. Both his knowledge of the travel world and his experience with complex management systems have made a major contribution to the further development of Transavia and to its ability to withstand a number of difficult situations in recent years. With Dave del Canho we have found a worthy successor for Hans. Someone who already knows the organization well and with his wealth of knowledge and experience can make a valuable contribution to the development of our company. We are also looking forward to the arrival of Jenny Elissen. She is an expert when it comes to organizations in transformation and has made her mark at large companies by developing sustainable business strategies.'
Dave del Canho is co-founder and managing partner of Del Canho & Engelfriet, a consultancy firm in the field of strategy, mergers and acquisitions. Until 2008 he worked as Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy and Business Development at KLM and before that at McKinsey and Shell. In addition to his chairmanship at Transavia, Del Canho is deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Amsterdam city carrier GVB and a member of the Supervisory Board of the OLVG hospital.
Jenny Elissen (58) is founder and managing partner of Newgenes, a business innovation network that advises directors in the field of innovation and strategy development. She is also active as a member of the Supervisory Board of Bunq Bank and has developed business strategies for a large number of organizations. She also published two books in the field of transformation in organizations and creativity in decision-making and she was vice-chairman at the Association of Recognized Advertising Consultancies, CEO at TBWA and associated partner at BLOEI, Branddocters and dBOD, among others. Transavia's RVC now consists of: Dave del Canho (chairman), Ype de Haan (vice-chairman), Jenny Elissen and Erik Swelheim.
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