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Social and societal structure
Maarten Zwaan.
On Monday 18 September 2017, former director
and co-shareholder Maarten Zwaan passed away
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Larsson RZ
Broccoli
at the age of 82 after a long illness. Until his last
moments, he was committed to the company and
its employees. Maarten Zwaan’s passing is difficult
Perennial florets
with good
shelf life.
For temperate
regions.
to bear, especially for Anton van Doornmalen
and Ben Tax, who had a special relationship with
Maarten through the management buyout and a
shared passion for the company.
Maarten’s death also prompts reflections on
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Sinope RZ
Rocket
succession in general and particularly the
ambition to maintain the status of ‘family business’
The Supervisory Board is now a widely-accepted
in the future. What if no suitable executives are
and well-functioning body, says shareholder and
available in the three families of the current
chairman of the current Supervisory Board,
shareholders? How will the succession then be
Anton van Doornmalen. ‘The whole coherence
arranged? The company decides to establish a
and alignment between the Board, the
Supervisory Board that is legally embedded in
Supervisory Board and the shareholders has
the organisation and that can deal with these and
functioned very well over the past few years
other important matters.
and has really taken hold.’
First
successful
wild rocket.
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Passing away of
Maarten Zwaan
The Supervisory Board is tasked with monitoring
the performance of the Board. It does this by,
among other things, extensively discussing and
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Launch of
RZ Japan
advising on the Board’s five-year plans and being
closely involved in the appointment of Board
members.
The Supervisory Board, 2018:
Anneloes Raes, Anton van Doornmalen
and Pieter Klaas Jagersma.
2017-2018
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