Trude Maas
has been a member since 2001. Her career was in non-profit as well as profit organizations. After her graduation as a linguist at Utrecht University, she was Deputy Director in educational measurement at the national agency for educational testing.
She then was Managing Director of different units of BSO/Origin, a software company and became a member of the Board of Origin in the Netherlands. She was President of the Hay Vision Society, in charge of the innovation, until November 2006.
She was a member of the Dutch Senate and also served on the Supervisory Boards of ABN AMRO and Philips Electronics. She presently serves on the Board of Schiphol Group and writes articles for the Dutch financial newspaper.