Erik Boels is a business economist by training and has worked in higher education since 2008, specialising in operations and strategy. He started at the University of Amsterdam as a controller and has been Director of Finance, Planning & Control since 2011. Between 2015 and 2017, he was also Director of Finance at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and from 2021 to 2023, he acted as their Director of Implementation Strategy as well.
In his current role, Erik Boels is responsible for the financial organisation, the property and investment portfolio of University of Amsterdam and implementing the sustainability policy. He is also the central (cyber) crisis manager. Before joining the university, he was a manager at Deloitte Consulting.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Anja Oskamp “Erik has a lot of experience in implementing strategic agendas and cost management in business operations. We are therefore confident that, as a new member of the Executive Board, he will be able to manage the issues of service delivery, sustainability and efficient use of resources. His strategic vision, entrepreneurial spirit and environmental focus will be in line with the Rotterdam mentality. We expect the connection he seeks to empower employees.”
Erik Boels is married and lives in Amsterdam. He is very much looking forward to working in Rotterdam “The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences educates highly qualified professionals for social transitions in the Rotterdam region and develops innovations for this purpose. The challenge of realising these ambitions through professional management, and of contributing to this together with the other members of the Executive Board, the directors and all the staff, is one that I gladly accept!”
Sarah Wilton-Wels, Chair of the Executive Board “Hanneke and I are looking forward to working with Erik. He complements both of us in terms of background, experience and personality. We also share his enthusiasm for collaborative servant leadership and our operating philosophy, which gives us great confidence in this new leadership team.”