Biographies Executive Board members

Rutger van der Leeuw

Chairman of the Executive Board/CEO

Background

Rutger van der Leeuw (1976, Dutch nationality - M) is Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to this, he held the positions of Chief Operating Officer (COO), Infrastructure Director, Customer & Market Director, and Purchasing Manager. He previously held various management positions at KPN.

Marjanne van Ittersum

Member of the Executive Board/CFO

Background

Marjanne van Ittersum (1971, Dutch nationality - F) is Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to this, she held financial and management positions at Ahold and HEMA, was Finance Director for the two largest business units of NS, and CFO of Ingka Centres (the sister company of IKEA Retail).

Han Slootweg

Member of the Executive Board/COO

Background

Han Slootweg (1976, Dutch nationality - M) is Chief Operating Officer (COO). Han began his career in 2003 as a risk analyst at Essent, after completing his PhD in electrical engineering from TU Delft. He has worked for Enexis since its foundation in 2008, holding various (management) positions. From 2009 to 2024, Han was also part-time professor of Smart Grids at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at TU Eindhoven.

Jeroen Sanders (employment ended as of March 1, 2026)

Member of the Executive Board/CTO

Background

Jeroen Sanders (1973-Dutch nationality - M) is Chief Transition Officer (CTO). In this role, he focuses, together with stakeholders, on structuring and building the energy system of the future, with a particular focus on asset management, innovation & digitalisation and market facilitation. Jeroen has held various management positions within Enexis Groep, including ICT Director. Before that, he was General Director of Endinet, Sustainability Manager at Fudura and in various management positions at Edon and Essent.

Other positions

In addition to his position as CTO of Enexis Groep, Jeroen is Vice-President of the Board of Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S), a board member of Stichting Kunstcollectie Essent and a board member of ElaadNL.