Past speakers at IBFA
Past speakers at IBFA include:
politics and government bodies
- Mark Rutte, Prime Minister
- 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, Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam
international bodies
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General NATO
diplomacy
- H.E. Pete Hoekstra, Ambassador of the United States of America
- H.E. Chen Xu, Ambassador of China
- H.E. Timothy Broas, Ambassador of the United States of America
- H.E. Paul Arkwright, British Ambassador
culture
- Jan Raes, CEO Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
business, in alphabetical order
- Samir Awad, MD of 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, Ret. Gen-Maj, cybersecurity expert
- Kees van Dijkhuizen, CEO ABN AMRO
- Pieter Elbers, CEO KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Alco de Jong, CEO Discovery Channel (Benelux)
- Bert de Jong, CEO Sanofi Genzyme (Netherlands)
- Rokus van Iperen, CEO Canon Europe
- Henk Markerink, CEO Johan Cruyff Arena
- Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Chairman Japanese Chamber of Commerce
- Michiel Mol, CEO of XCore Space Expedition
- Jeroen van der Veer, Chairman Supervisory Board Philips and ING
- Markwin Velders, CEO Kite Pharma
- Herna Verhagen, CEO Post NL
- Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent
- Gerrit Zalm, CEO ABN AMRO