Aart Jan de Geus

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Aart Jan de Geus (2012)

Aart Jan de Geus (born July 28, 1955 in Doorn ) is a Dutch lawyer , politician ( CDA ) and foundation manager. From 2002 to 2007 he was Minister of Labor and Social Affairs under Jan Peter Balkenende . He then worked as Deputy Secretary General for the OECD . From 2012 to 2019 he was CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung . Since January 2020 he has been chairman of the Goldschmeding Foundation , where he specifically deals with questions of social policy .

education

De Geus initially began a study of law at the University of Utrecht . At the same time he took up training as an accountant , which he broke off after a year and a half to devote himself exclusively to his studies. De Geus later moved to the Erasmus University Rotterdam , where the course was more practice-oriented. After completing his Master of Laws degree in 1980, he completed postgraduate studies in labor law at Radboud University in Nijmegen .

Career

In 1980 de Geus received a position as a lawyer at the industrial union CNV ( Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond ). Over the years he rose to the board . In 1988 he switched to the umbrella organization of the CNV and was appointed deputy chairman in 1993. In this role he was responsible for a wide variety of labor and social policy issues. He was also a member of the Socio- Economic Council, the highest economic and social policy body of the government enshrined in the Dutch Constitution , whose members are appointed by the Crown.

In 1998 de Geus became a partner in the management consultancy Boer & Croon in Amsterdam. There he supervised projects in the field of the welfare state for public and private institutions. The Maastricht Academic Hospital appointed him to the board of directors. In addition, de Geus was a member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Health Insurers of the Netherlands and sat on the Council of Churches on Social Issues. He was also involved in the national refugee council.

Public offices

In the mid-1970s, de Geus joined the youth organization of the Dutch ARP ( Anti-Revolutionaire Partij ), a forerunner of the CDA ( Christen-Democratisch Appèl ). Over the years he held various offices in the parties. In 2002 Jan Peter appointed Balkenende de Geus Minister for Social Affairs and Employment. He also held the office of Minister of Health for eight months. He was a member of the Dutch government until 2007 ( Cabinets Balkenende I , II and III ).

During his tenure, de Geus initiated extensive socio-political reforms with the aim of making social insurance more sustainable and integrating more people into the labor market. For example, he restructured state and private employment agencies . He also involved the communities in financing social assistance . De Geus was seen as a supporter of the Dutch polder model , a procedure for negotiating wages and working conditions between employers, unions and government experts. Despite his previous work for the CNV, de Geus' relationship with the unions was difficult. In 2004 he survived a motion of no confidence by the opposition Social Democrats, Socialists and Greens.

In 2007 de Geus became Deputy Secretary General of the OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ). In this position, he advocated environmentally friendly economic growth and criticized the division in the German labor market because young and well-trained workers in particular benefit from the upswing.

Foundation activity

In 2011 de Geus was appointed to the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board . In 2012, he moved to the head of the committee, as Gunter Thielen had left. He had reached the internal age limit of 70 years. The decision in favor of de Geus strengthened the independence of the Bertelsmann Stiftung from the Mohn family, who exercise significant control over the group.

As chairman of the board, de Geus pushed the further development and internationalization of the foundation's work in particular. This also affected the establishment and expansion of the legally independent subsidiary foundations in Barcelona (Fundación Bertelsmann) and Washington, DC (Bertelsmann Foundation North America). In addition to the office in Brussels , he initiated the establishment of a new branch on Werderschen Markt in the historic center of Berlin . The de Geus department included programs on the future of Europe, democracy and sustainable business, as well as international megatrends such as demographic change . De Geus advocated more public investment in order to improve economic growth and the budget situation in Germany. For this he brought up a “future fund”.

At the end of 2019, de Geus resigned his position at his own request in order to devote himself to a new task in his home country. He is handing over the chairmanship of the Bertelsmann Stiftung to Ralph Heck , who has a doctorate in economics , who previously worked for McKinsey & Company for many years and was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schaltbau Holding until 2018 .

Further mandates

De Geus was a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) (2012–2019), in which the Bertelsmann Foundation holds a majority stake. He was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Reinhard Mohn Institute for Corporate Management (RMI, 2014–2019), with which the University of Witten / Herdecke honors the late Bertelsmann patriarch Reinhard Mohn .

In 2014, de Geus was elected Chairman of the Board of Triodos Bank , a leading sustainability bank with offices in Belgium, Germany, the UK and Spain.

Works

  • Europe Reforms Labor Market - Leaders' Perspectives . Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-036577-1 (English).

Web links

Commons : Aart Jan de Geus  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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  40. ↑ Research center pays tribute to poppies . Institute at the University of Witten / Herdecke bears the name of the late Bertelsmann patriarch. In: Westfalen-Blatt . October 30, 2010.
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personal data
SURNAME Geus, Aart Jan de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geus, Aart De
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer, politician (CDA) and foundation manager
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Doorn , Netherlands