(1951, Dutch)
Board Member responsible for Decorative Paints
Initial appointment 2002
Hans Wijers joined AkzoNobel in 2002 as a Board member, followed by his appointment as Chairman in May 2003. Mr. Wijers studied Economics at the University of Groningen. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics while teaching at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1982. He was senior consultant/partner with various Dutch consulting firms including The Boston Consulting Group. He served as Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs (1994 to 1998), after which he returned to The Boston Consulting Group as Senior Vice-President until his appointment as Board member of AkzoNobel in 2002.
Outside AkzoNobel, Mr. Wijers holds a number of prominent positions in society such as Chairman of the “Oranje Fonds” and Vice-President of the Young Pianist Foundation. He is a member of the European Roundtable of Industrialists.