BEST Action Teams
Version May 6th, 2014
Action team 01: Alumni relations (chair: Willem Megens)
Fréderique Knoet
TLS | Project manager Advancement
Nicole Fouchier
GS | Director Development & Alumni Relations
Erik Vermeulen
TLS | Professor of Business & Financial Law
Patrick Vermeulen
Director at GITP (TSB alumnus)
Sandra Rincon
GS | Director of International Alumni Relations
Action team 02: Communication & Marketing (chair: Baukelien van der Kamp)
René Voogt
TLS | Director Advancement
Hedvig Niehoff
GS | Head of Education and Research Marketing
Henk Roest
TiSEM | Professor of Marketing, ex-HoD
Anouk van Eeuwijk
Student Marketing
Niels van de Ven
TSB | Assistant professor in Social Psychology
Action team 03: Education support (chair: Marc Bosma)
Joost Driessen
TiSEM | Professor of Financial Derivatives
Jeroen Kerkhof
Ex-TiSEM PhD, VAR Strategies
Olga Zweekhorst
TSH | Manager Education Institute
Liesbeth Leijssen
StS | Director of Student Services
Kim Nguyen
Student, Chair Unipartners
Action team 04: Facility services (chair: Marc Bosma)
Ine Appels
LIS | Coordinator Operational Management
Lex Oostrom
TSH | Managing Director
Paul Hoeijmans
FS | Manager Real Estate department
Cees Braken
FS | Head of Operations
Action team 05: Finance (chair: Marc Bosma)
Eric Kemmeren
TLS/TiSEM | Professor of International Taxation/Tax Law, HoD
Mat van Essen
TiSEM | Managing Director
Folkert Kootstra
CS | Head of Planning & Control
Wietske Sijtsma
LIS | Controller, Head of Management Support
Clementine Lichtenberg GS | Head of Financial Administration
Wietske van Zwol
TSB | Controller, Head of Finance & Control
Action team 06: HRM (chair: Marc Bosma)
Yuke van der Boon
TLS | Head of HR Office
Ellen van Dodewaard
GS | Director HR & CS Adjunct SU
Jaap Paauwe
TSB | Professor of Human Resource Studies
Maurice Driessen
GS | Project Manager
Lex Oostrom
TSH | Managing Director
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Action team 07: ICT (chair: Marc Bosma)
Jean Vroomen
TSB | Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Rien Deijkers
TSB | Head of SpITs Office
Marc van den Berg
LIS | Managing Director
Mat van Essen
TiSEM | Managing Director
Martin Slaats
Student Law, Student-assessor MT
Action team 08: Internationalization (chair: Willem Megens)
Erik van Beers
GS | Policy advisor Internationalization HR
Roos Hogenkamp
StS | Head of International Office
Lex Meijdam
TiSEM | Dean
Petra Bergsma
TSH | Head of International Relations Office
Pascal Gebing
Student International Business Administration
Action team 09: Project support (chair: Willem Megens)
Ronald Leenes
TLS | Professor of Regulation by Technology
Hylke Annema
CS | Policy advisor Research
Manon Osseweijer
TiSEM | Head of CentER Office
Peter Gaillard
Netspar | Managing Director
Folkert Kootstra
CS | Head of Planning & Control
Action team 10: Research support (chair: Willem Megens)
Anne Meuwese
TLS | Professor of European and Comparative Public Law, HoD
Hylke Annema
CS | Policy advisor Research
Manon Osseweijer
TiSEM | Head of CentER Office
Dominique de Vet
LIS | Head of Academic Support
Paul van Geest
TST | Vice dean of Research, Professor of Church History
Action team 11: Secretarial support (chair: Baukelien van der Kamp)
Anita Vink
TSH | Team leader Secretaries
Barbara van Gorp
TLS | General Manager Intervict
Anja Schellekens
Executive Board Secretary
Henk Norde
TiSEM | Professor of Mathematics and Game Theory, HoD
Jaap Paauwe
TSB | Professor of Human Resource Studies
Action team 12: Strategic support (chair: Marc Bosma)
Corien Prins
TLS | Dean, Professor of Law and Informatization
Hans-Georg van Liempd CS | Senior Program Manager
Mat van Essen
TiSEM | Managing Director
Ada van der Velden
TST | Executive Director
Leon Oerlemans
TSB | Professor of Organizational Dynamics, ex-HoD
Action team 13: Valorization support (chair: Marc Bosma)
Liesbeth Leijssen
StS | Director of Student Services
Marieke Schoots
CS | Policy advisor
Arjan van den Born
TiSEM | Manager Applied Research, Chair by special appointment
Henk Garretsen
TSB | Professor Health care policy, Tranzo
Rob Schouten
Nieuwbeeld (external consultant)
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Provisional scope of the BEST action teams:
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Alumni relations: developing and maintaining durable relations with (networks of) Tilburg
University graduates, generating leads for internships, guest lectures, branding, funds etc.;
Communication & Marketing: concerned with communicating about and marketing of TiU
research and education programs as well as the university itself etc.;
Education support: includes program support (e.g., internal and external quality control,
scheduling, coordination and curriculum support for Bachelor’s and (Research) Master’s
programs), educational advice, training and support for teaching staff (e.g. on didactical issues,
educational innovation and use of educational technology), student administration and various
student services (amongst which career services) etc. Please note that alumni relations and
internationalization are included in separate action teams;
Facility services: includes real estate management, safety & security, reception, mail services,
maintenance, contract management, purchasing, and printing etc.;
Finance: includes placing, budgeting and financial accounts; accounting, central cash resources,
account payable and accounts receivable records; functional management of group financial
systems and the annual financial statements etc.;
HRM: includes HR-related policy and advice (e.g. on employment conditions, legal status,
working conditions, personnel facilities, safety, health and well-being, organizational changes,
job ranking and target group policy); personnel and salary administration; career services for
personnel etc.;
ICT: development, maintenance and servicing of hardware and software for research, education
and management & office automation; project- and information management (in ICT) etc.;
Internationalization: includes recruiting international degree-seeking students for English-taught
Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, for organizing international student exchange, and for
developing and maintaining relations with foreign partner institutions etc. Please note that
program marketing is covered by the C&M action team;
Project support: concerns collecting information and advising on funding opportunities, assisting
in drafting proposals, project budgeting, project administration, proposal writing training and so
forth. This includes all externally funded projects, e.g. research, education projects, chairs etc.;
Research support: relates to advice, training, (administrative) support and library facilities for
students, researchers (including PhD students) and scientific visitors (e.g. on selection and
purchasing of scientific information, use and storage of data, copyright, open access), quality
control etc. Please note that project support and Research Master program support are included
in other action teams;
Secretarial support: administrative support and management assistance for managers and team
members at various levels (academic departments, support units, management teams etc.);
Strategic support: policy support for administrators at various levels (e.g. Executive Board, Deans,
Managing Directors). Includes strategic internal and external (management) information
collecting and supply, business control, policy and strategy development and monitoring,
compliance, legal affairs etc.;
Valorization support: addresses support for development cooperation, entrepreneurship,
innovation, and communication and commercialization of scientific knowledge.
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