Governance & Management

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Leiden Asia Centre governing structure

Leiden Asia Centre has the statutory form of a foundation with ANBI status. Its governing bodies are the Supervisory Council and the Executive Board. In addition, Leiden Asia Centre has an Advisory Council.

Board

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Floris Harm

Executive Director

China
Florian Schneider portrait photo

Chinese Politics, Technology and Digitalisation, Diplomacy

Staff

India
Imme Smits portrait photo

Contemporary Indian Economy, Politics and Society, India-NL/EU Relations, Strategic Foresight

China
Hester Versluis portrait photo

Renewable energy, Critical minerals, Political economy of China

China
Mirthe Fischer portrait photo

International communication, Chinese culture, Mandarin, Social media

Indonesia
Carlijn Kroesen

International Security, Diplomacy

Japan
Mina Pollmann portrait photo

Alliance Politics, Economic Security, International Relations

Korea
Elena Guido portrait photo

Inter-Korean Relations; DPRK Affairs; Human Rights; Geopolitics

Japan
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Technology and Digitalisation, Geopolitics, Law and Governance

Supervisory Board

The supervisory board (Raad van Toezicht) meets twice a year to ensure that the activities undertaken by the Leiden Asia Centre reflect the decisions of the various governing bodies of the centre.

Members are appointed in a personal capacity, with the exception of the Dean of the Humanities Faculty and the Chair of Leiden University Fund (LUF).

The composition of the Supervisory Board is as follows:

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Chair: Ed Kronenburg

Former ambassador to China

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Aletta Stas-Bax

Chair Leiden University Fund

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Alexander Doorman

Partner Global Transactions Freshfield

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Henk te Velde

Dean of the LU Humanities Faculty

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Jan Anne Schelling

CHRO Schoeller Allibert

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Sabine Gimbrère

Director of the International Office/City of Amsterdam