Past speakers at IBFA 

Past speakers at IBFA include:

politics and government bodies

• Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands
• Gerrit Zalm, Minister of Finance
• Frans Weekers, Secretary of State Finance
• Carolien Gehrels, Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam
• Prof. Alexander Rinnooy Kan,  Chairman SER
• Prof. Klaas Knot, President Dutch Central Bank (DNB)
• Ger Baron, CTO, City of Amsterdam
• Hilde van der Meer, Commissioner NFIA
• Sofyan Mbarki, Dep Mayor City of Amsterdam
• Jan Peter Balkenende, former Prime Minister of NL
• Menno Snel, former Secr of Finance and Dir IMF

international bodies

• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former S.G. NATO

diplomacy

• H.E. Pete Hoekstra, Ambassador of the USA 
• H.E. Chen Xu, Ambassador of China
• H.E. Timothy Broas, Ambassador of the USA 
• H.E. Paul Arkwright, Ambassador of the UK
• H.E. Mrs Reenat Sandhu, Ambassador of India
• Ed Kronenburg, Dutch Ambassador in China
• H.E. Hugh Adsett, Ambassador of Canada 

culture

• Jan Raes,  CEO Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

business, in alphabetical order

• Samir Awad, MD Petrobras Netherlands
• Abhijit Bhattacharya, CFO Royal Philips
• Dick Boer, CEO Ahold-Delhaize
• Jean Francois van Boxmeer,  CEO Heineken
• Roger van Boxtel, CEO Dutch Railways
• Pieter Cobelens, Gen-Maj (ret.), cybersecurity
• Kees van Dijkhuizen,  CEO ABN AMRO
• Pieter Elbers, CEO KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Alco de Jong, CEO Discovery Channel (BNL)
• Bert de Jong, CEO Sanofi Genzyme NL
• Rokus van Iperen, CEO Canon Europe
• Peter van Keulen, Founder Public Matters
• Phaedra Kortenkaas, Country Lead IBM Consulting
• Henk Markerink, CEO Johan Cruyff Arena
• Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Chair Japanese C.of C. 
• Thomas Mulder, Exec Director HR Vodafone Ziggo
• Michiel Mol, CEO of  XCore Space Expedition
• Jasper van Ouwerkerk, Sr Partner McKinsey
• Marguerite Soeteman,  Chair Aon Holdings 
• Gunay Uslu, CEO Corendon
• Jeroen van der Veer, Chair Supervisory Board Philips
• Markwin Velders,  CEO Kite Pharma
• Herna Verhagen,  CEO Post NL
• Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent
• Gerrit Zalm, CEO ABN AMRO

     
    Most recent speaker:

• Marjan Rintel, CEO KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

    Next speaker (19th March 2026)

• Pieter van Oord,  CEO Royal Schiphol Group