Get to know Anka Mulder, Timo Kos, and Richard Wielinga. Together, they make our Executive Board, guiding and representing Saxion. The members of the Executive Board are appointed for a period of four years.
Executive Board
CHAIRPERSON OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Anka Mulder has been President of the Executive Board since 1 January 2018. She is responsible for 'strategy, research, and valorisation.' Her focus areas are Twente and Apeldoorn. Anka studied History at the University of Groningen. She worked abroad for a number of years and began working at the Delft University of Technology in 2003. She was a member of the Executive Board there from 2013-2017 and was responsible for education and operational management.
Anka is a member of various advisory boards and committees, for example, Quantum Delta and the Advisory Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (AWTI). She is active in the local area as a member of the Twente Board.
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Timo Kos has been a member of the Executive Board since 1 January 2020. He is responsible for education and educational support and Deventer is his area of focus. Timo studied History at the University of Amsterdam. After his studies, he started his career as organisational advisor at Capgemini Consulting for the education and labour market advisory group. In 2013, he entered into service at the TU Delft where he, inter-alia, was director of education and student affairs.
In addition to his role at the TU Delft, Timo was also connected to LDE-CEL, the inter-university and inter-disciplinary centre for educational research and academic staff development at the University of Leiden, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He was also programme manager for Zone EdTech in the 'Acceleration plan for educational innovation with ICT' from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), SURF and all Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences. Timo has developed a broad network in the realm of education and extensive knowledge and experience in the field of open and online education.
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Richard Wielinga joined Saxion's Executive Board on 1 September 2024. He is responsible for the Business Operations portfolio. Richard studied Public Administration at the University of Twente and is an experienced and enthusiastic director and manager with extensive experience in public organisations. Richard started his career as an organisational consultant at Twynstra Gudde. He then worked for 20 years in various municipalities as director of operations and general manager/municipal secretary. Most recently, Richard was a member of the Board of Directors at the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank), where he was responsible for the business operations portfolio. He went on to serve as the interim Director of Operational Services at the Municipality of Amsterdam.
News about the Executive Board
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Anka Mulder
Portfolio
- Strategy
- Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Applied safety (including knowledge security)
- Internationalisation
- Public relations
- Supervisory Board
- Saxion University Council
Key areas
- Strategy, Research and Valorisation
Strategic theme
- Growth research
Schools
- School of Creative Technology
- School of Life Science, Engineering & Design
- School of Business, Building & Technology
- School of Social Work
- School of Health (AGZ)
Services
- Department of Institutional Affairs (excluding Information Management)
- Saxion Research and Graduate School
- Saxion Centre for Entrepreneurship
External
- Apeldoorn
- Twente
- Overijssel
- The Hague
- International
- Tech For Future
Timo Kos
Portfolio
- Education (including Lifelong Learning and educational support)
- Information provision (IV) including digitisation of education and research support
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Personal safety
Strategic themes
- Student success and student welfare
- Wider course offer
Schools
- School of Applied Psychology and Human Resource Management
- School of Education
- Saxion Part-time School
- School of Commerce & Entrepreneurship
- School of Finance and International Business
- Hospitality Business School
Services
- Department of Institutional Affairs and Information Management (excluding Institutional Affairs)
- Education and Student Support
External
- Deventer
- Stedendriehoek region
- TechYourFuture
Richard Wielinga
Portfolio
- Operational management;
- Internal organisation
Strategic theme
- Result-oriented, professional culture
Services
- Marketing and Communication Department
- Control, Finance & Audit Department
- Business Support Organisation
- Facility Service Organisation
- Human Resource Management Department
In the Saxion Strategic Plan 2020-2024 the road map for the board has been laid out which emphasises offering outstanding education, student achievement and Saxion as a vibrant organisation. What sets us apart from other Universities of Applied Sciences is the focus on Living Technology: We see technology as an import part of our work and our lives. Our students thus create knowledge with successful application of technological developments in their own discipline.
The duties and rights of the Executive Board are laid out in the law, statutes and Board regulations.
Anka Mulder
External duties as member of the Executive Board
- Member of the Twente Board
- Board member TKI Construction & Engineering (construction, design and technology innovation)
- Member of external advisory board ARC NL
Other Roles
- Member of the Supervisory Board Quantum Delta
- Member of the Advisory council for science, technology and innovation (AWTI)
Timo Kos
External duties as member of the Executive Board
- Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, member of Education & Vital Regions committee
- Member of SURF Members’ Council representing the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences
- Member of Npulse steering committee representing the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences
- Board member Deventer Economisch Perspectief
- Member Strategic Board Stedendriehoek Region
- Member of the Social Economic Council's (SER) Lifelong Learning Committee (LLO)
Other Roles
- Member of Supervisory Board Stichting dEVENTer
Our Executive Board is accountable to the Supervisory Board. The management and supervision are regulated in accordance with the "Branch Code Governance for Universities of Applied Sciences".
The Executive Board also justifies the administrative costs in accordance with the 'Declarations and administrative costs of Executive Board members funded Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences'.
Contact
You can contact Anka Mulder, Timo Kos and Jan van der Boon via the secretarial office. Call 088 - 019 1628 or send a mail to [email protected].