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Support emergency medical fund Ukraine

Ukrainian banker Olena Urmey (19990431), who works for Credit Suisse in New York, runs an emergency medical fund for her motherland. It's called RAZOM Emergency Response. It works with local volunteers and partner organizations to provide humanitarian aid, immediately deployable medical equipment and hospital supplies every day in affected towns and villages. RAZOM is also evacuating children with disabilities and their families to safer areas. In addition, RAZOM continuously raises awareness of the horrors of the Russian invasion. For more information, please visit www. razomforukraine.org/razomemergency-response/

THREE WOMEN OF THE SECOND HOUR!

Nyenrode Business University was a male-dominated institution for a quarter of a century. Since 1972, women have been entering the campus. On the occasion of this anniversary, NBU is publishing three double interviews with an alumna and a current student. What was it like for the women who were among the first to study here? How did the men react? And how different is it in the year 2022?

Speaking are Margaret Wijnands (19730068) and Charlotte van Rijt (20200851), Jonneke Brunet (19730025) and Rika Zaat and Ans Carels (19730012) and Renée Smulders (20190817). Margaret, Jonneke and Ans came to Nyenrode in the second year that women were welcome. Charlotte, Rika and Renée are currently studying at NBU. Thanks to photographers: Nancy Poeran (19990133) and Hester Doove.

Margaret Wijnands: "Soon it felt like we women had always been there."

Ans Carels:

"We heard still left at home the kitchen sink?"

Jonneke Brunet:

"We were given tips on how best to behave as girls."

AMSTERDAM BUSINESS FORUM DEAL

In 2018, the company Denk Producties brought former US President Obama to Amsterdam. Over 60 Nyenrode alumni attended this once-in-a-lifetime seminar at AFAS Live. Now Denk Productions is back with the Amsterdam Business Forum, the leadership event of the year. On September 19th speakers from the national and international business top come together in AFAS Live. Alumnus Hans Groen (BBA 1981), seminar guru who is actively involved with ABF, has ensured that our alumni can participate at a special rate: two tickets for the price of one! Claim your seat now and grant not only yourself but also your partner, client or colleague a special experience! You can register via nyenrodealumni.nl!

IT CAN BE DONE WITH CASHEWS!

It's raining interviews for 'Cashew Revolutionist' Hayo de Feijter (20020027). His company figures in several interviews, such as in the Margriet and on foodinspiration.com. Who or what is Johnny Cashew? “A cashew nut producer that combats unnecessary CO2 emissions, poverty and food waste.”

HONORARY DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOPHY

Marguerite SoetemanReijnen (19850161) is Chair of the Board at AON Holdings. After Nyenrode she attended law school and studied at Harvard Business School, of which she is a member of the alumni board. Truly a woman of influence! Now she has also received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) degree from Rai University, India. Soeteman received the title together with fellow honorees from all over the world. We mention among others former (Vice) President of Ecuador Rosalía Arteaga, former EU Commissioner Violeta Bulc and Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industry and Resources YB Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Source: Linked Marquerite Soeteman-Reijnen

KAPÉ BREUKELAAR (19860015)

BBA Nyenrode, is partner of investment company Amlon Capital. He previously wrote for De Telegraaf and was a regular contributor of the television programme Kassa.

Hendriek

She was nineteen years old when her father suddenly died. He was not older than 53, a farmer's son who had made it to a successful manufacturer of sauerkraut and canned foods in Noord-Scharwoude. We write 1924 and in thirty years Burcht Conserven has been built up into a flourishing company. The family has to find a successor. The eldest daughter, Grieke, is already married and has just given birth to a daughter. Of the four children still living at home, daughter Hendriek is the eldest. Two women managing a large factory in 1924, which was unique. In an online archive I read that selling was in Hendriek's blood: "Because of her great salesmanship and talent she gained great renown." The company flourished under these two women.

In 1930 fate strikes again. Her eldest sister Grieke dies, aged 30 and mother of two young children. As it was then, the widower Harrie remarried two years later to his sister-in-law Hendriek, then 28 years old. The sorrow becomes even greater when, after only seven months of marriage, Harrie too dies in January 1933. Hendriek is now mother of two young children who are actually her nephew and niece. Thanks to the family business they have no financial worries and the children grow up without worries. Until May 1940 when the Second World War breaks out.

Hendriek proves to be an intransigent person and soon she distributes underground magazines, forged identity cards and coupon books. When in the summer of 1942 the persecution of the Jews began, she took in a classmate of her son Peter as a hideaway. Ernst Bernardini was sixteen years old at the time. Before the war he had fled as an Austrian Jew to the still neutral Netherlands. The attic at the Frans Halsplein in Haarlem is an ideal hiding place. In 1943 Hendriek was arrested, the children left in haste for the family in NoordScharwoude. After three months of captivity Hendriek is released and the family is reunited. She picks up where she left off and takes people into her home again. Among them are the later prime minister Barend Biesheuvel and Clarien Rietberg, who becomes Van Leeuwen Buizen's CEO after the war. Ernst Bernardini also survives the war, returns to Austria and eventually becomes a Supreme Court judge there. Hendriek maintained a warm bond with all these special people in hiding for the rest of her life.

Immediately after the war Hendriek is appointed leader of the Domestic Forces in the district of Haarlem. She also becomes a lieutenant in Prince Bernhard's brigade, making her one of the first female army officers. She devoted herself for many years as board member of the 40-45 foundation. She was a proud bearer of the Resistance Memorial Cross. Hendriek was my grandmother. As a grandmother she was also unyielding, always enterprising and afraid of nothing and nobody. Her past in the resistance came up sometimes and as a grandchild you knew that grandma had been 'good' during the war. When on May 4th this year the newspaper Trouw dedicated an article to the underexposed role of women in the resistance, she was on the cover of the supplement De Verdieping. You see a proud woman in officer's uniform, complete with beret. To her right is a picture of Hannie Schaft, also from the resistance in Haarlem. A tribute she would have been proud of. ♦

Kapé Breukelaar (19860015)

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OPUS MAGNUM OF PHOTOGRAPHER FRANS LEMMENS

Top photographer Frans Lemmens (19710024) already ran the photo club at Nyenrode and now he is reaching a provisional peak in his career as a landscape and nature photographer. NL365 is a unique coffeetable book that offers a new view of the beauty and variety of The Netherlands every day. Lemmens lets iconic images go hand in hand with modern themes. The book is a feast for the eyes! Frans will be at the 50+ Beurs in De Jaarbeurs in Utrecht from September 13th till 17th. Every day he will give a lecture with tips and tricks to make the most beautiful landscape photos yourself. Especially for our Van Verre readers, Frans is giving away 3 copies of NL365. Send an email to info@nyenrodealumni.nl and you will receive this beautiful book at home!

Museum medal for Henk de Geus

The married couple Henk (19610035) - cattle fodder giant - and Victoria de Heus-Zomer have been awarded the Prestigious Museum Medal. The couple received the royal decoration at Nyenrode University from State Secretary Gunay Uslu of Education, Culture and Science. They have shown exceptional commitment to Dutch museum collections. Works from the De Heus collection hang in the Albert Heijn building.

Gay at the Industrial Grand Club

Being LGBTI and moving in dignified circles. It is possible in Amsterdam. The Koninklijke Industrieele Groote Club proves that. Chair Douwe

Lodewijk (19800515)

– openly gay – strives for more openness within the apparently closed stronghold. We are open to a complete color range of people and who is reading this and would like to see the club from the inside: send an email to chairman@igc.nl.'

(Source: Gay News 357 pride 2022)

NYENRODE RUGBY TEAM TAKES WIN

During the Whitsun weekend 2022 the international rugby tournament Amsterdam Rugby 7s took place in Amsterdam for the 50th time. It really is a prestigious tournament in the rugby scene. The Nyenrode rugby team was led by alumnus Hasan Akman (20040002) and went home with the win. Incidentally, the team consists of professional rugby players who come to play by invitation.

Banker of the year

Gezinus Knijp (19990085) is a sustainable lending adviser with ING, Flevoland branch. He was named SME Banker of the year by ING Netherlands: "Empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and business," as they say in technical jargon.