Members of the Supervisory Board
Tjibbe Joustra
Tjibbe Joustra (1951) studied Dutch Law at the University of Groningen. He started his career at the legal department of the Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, where he went on to become secretary-general in 1987. In 2002 he became the head of the board of directors for the Dutch social security agency UWV. In 2004 Mr. Joustra was appointed to oversee the formation of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism. His most important duty was to manage and coordinate cooperation in the field of counterterrorism between the relevant ministries and other government agencies. In 2009 he left to become the director of the Association for Private Security Organisations and Detective Bureaus (VPB).
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Karin Amatmoekrim
Drs. Karin Amatmoekrim is literary and writer. Besides novels she writes for several nationwide newsmedia like NRC.next, de Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland, and De Groene Amsterdammer.
"In a developed country like the Netherlands you can expect people to rely mainly on knowledge before drawing conclusions. It is a thorn in our side that in the current situation this is far from the case. FORUM is a unique institution because it lays the foundation to acquire knowledge, both science and the practice of everyday people. This allows the institute to develop constructive proposals and methods for social stability based on facts. I find that very attractive. Without knowledge there’s little progress. The existence of FORUM in the Netherlands is proof to me that policy should not be based on superficial observations and sentiments of the day. "
"The multicultural society - and the challenges that come along with it - consisting of personal experiences. Problems may vary in their basis when someone from the neighbourhood itself is looking to it, than when a geographer, anthropologist, or any academic whatsoever analyses the situation. I am a combination of both worlds. And I try to bring that into FORUM. A bridge between what happens on the streets and people in their ivory tower. "
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Tibor Kalmár
Tibor Kalmár joined the Supervisory Board of FORUM as a financial expert in 2010. He works as a partner at KPMG in the audit practice. His clients consist primarily of private held companies (national and international) and non-profit institutions.
"In my daily life I work as an accountant at KPMG. I was approached by the Supervisory Board to contribute to the mission of FORUM from a financial and economic perspective. A research institute as FORUM provides an important contribution to society. Knowledge is important, now and in the future, to society and public debate with sufficient facts. I think it is a worrying development that many people say things, but lack knowledge of that specific subject. In society people look too often at someone’s origin (where does your father or mother come from?), while there are more important things to look into, like education. Although the activities of the FORUM take place mainly in the public sphere, I see several opportunities for FORUM and independent knowledge in order to maintain an independent position in the future. "
Tibor Kalmar describes himself as a go-getter. "I can say that when I have my mind set on something I’m persistent in achieving my goals. I can quickly analyze and bring matters back to their basics. One of the reasons why I accepted the request to join is that I find important in addition to my work as an accountant to be active in an NGO. This is reflected in my portfolio and other activities. For example, I am also a member of the supervisory board of an educational institution. I put my knowledge and experience to it (indirectly) to ensure that students receive a good education. "
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Willem Lageweg
Willem Lageweg (1951) has held the post of director of MVO Nederland (organisation for corporate social responsibility) since 2006. He has been closely involved in many national and international initiatives and networks in this field since 1996. As a director of Communication at Rabobank, he translated the bank’s traditional cooperative identity into a modern members policy. From 2005 to 2006, he was project leader for Large cities and diversity.
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Roan Lamp
Roan Lamp (1967) is currently a lawyer for the prestigious Amsterdam-based firm De Brauw, Blackstone and Westbroek, where he focuses on enforcement, corporate criminal defense and investigations and financial markets regulation. From 2002 till 2004 Mr. Lamp was the head of the Guidance Committee Meldpunt Ongebruikelijke Transacties (Disclosures office for unusual transactions) for the Netherlands Antilles, on behalf of the Antillean Minister of Finance. From 2003 till 2006 he was a member of the Committee for the Revision of the Code of Criminal Law Netherlands Antilles. Mr. Lamp has avrious leagl publications to his name.
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Pauline Meurs
Pauline Meurs (1953) has held the position of professor of Health Management at the Institute of Health Policy and Management (iBMG) at Erasmus University Rotterdam since 2007. She conducts research into management practices in healthcare. From 1998 to 2008, she was a member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). Since 2007, she has been a member of the Upper House of the Dutch parliament on behalf of PvdA (Dutch labour party), and she has been appointed chair of ZonMw, an organisation for health research and care innovation.
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Paul Scheffer
Paul Scheffer (1954) is a renowned publicist, famous for the instigation of the debate on the multicultural society with his column The Multicultural Drama which he wrote for the Dutch daily NRC in 2000. He studied psychology, philosophy and political science at the universities of Nijmegen. Paris and Amsterdam. He stated his career as a correspondent in Paris and Warschau. In 1986 he started working for the Wiarda Beckman Foundation, the scientific bureau for the PvdA (social-democrats). In 1992 he started writing as a columnist for various papers and magazines, such as the NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant and De Groene Amsterdammer. He has also created to series for the VPRO (Wachten op de buren and Leven en werken). In 2003 he was appointed as professor (Witbautleerstoel) for the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he teaches on metropolitan issues. His last book is Het Land van Aankomst (2007), about the wheeling and dealings behind the curtains of the multicultural society.
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