Our team

QDNL is a joint effort by a team of specialists from outstanding quantum research institutes, coordinating bodies, and a range of exciting industrial partnerships and startups.

The pioneering spirit has been at the core of our organisation from the very beginning and our team has developed naturally over the past years with team members who each excel in their own field.

Core Team

Anna Grashuis
International Programme Officer
Anouk Veenstra
Executive Assistant
Arend van Dam
Head of Finance
Artie Bhagwat
Executive Assistant
Bas Engelen
Industry Developer Quantum Software
Cassie Jorgensen
Communications & Content Manager
Diederick Croese
Director Centre for Quantum and Society
Géraldine Quetin
DeepTech Ecosystems Catalyst
Guido Paola
IP-portfolio manager
Ilona van der Rijt
Communication Specialist/ Programme Manager
Julia Oesterling
Senior Advisor EU Programmes
Karin Chávez Caballero
Programme Manager & QEX Coordinator
Magalie Fogaras
Head People & Culture
Marc de Voogd
Challenge-based Programme Manager
Marlies Jongman
Manager, Marketing & Communications
Mayra van Houts
Head of Strategy
Richard van Harderwijk
Program Manager AL-2/Programme Manager Business Development
Thijs Brehm
Project Assistant

Executive Board

Philippe Bouyer
Chair & Director of Research & Technology
Pieter de Witte
Director Programmes & Infrastructure
Beau Greville
Director of Industry

Supervisory board

Anka Mulder
Vicevoorzitter NWO
Carlo Beenakker
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Cis Marring
Supervisory Board Member
Dirk Smit
Energy Transition Consultant & Co-Founder Geologic Hydrogen Startup
Kareljan Schoutens
Professor of Theoretical Physics - University of Amsterdam
Rogier Verberk
Director Semiconductor Equipment - TNO
Nils Beers
Managing Partner Mach49

Strategic Council & Programme Coordinators

Richard Versluis
Coordinator CAT 1: Quantum Computing & Simulation
Servaas Kokkelmans
Coordinator Actionline 1: Research & Innovation
Diederick Croese
Coordinator Action Line 4: Societal Impact (ELSA)
Guus Rijnders
Coordinator National Clean Room Facilities
Clara Osorio Tamayo
Coordinator CAT 3: Quantum Sensing Applications
Together we quest

CULTURE

Our collective knowledge is far greater than what we bring individually. It’s a deep pool of resources. We share knowledge, we cooperate and we interact to find balance just like in ecosystems in nature. We put collaboration over competition and co-creation over procedures. Are you ready to join?  

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