Panel of judges M&A Awards 2020
A small group of experienced captains of industry is selected to cast their votes for the Awards categories ‘Best Deal’ and ‘Best Deal Mid-Cap’.
Marc van Gelder (Chairman)

Founder & CEO at Dennendonck Investments and former CEO of Mediq
Koos Breen

Former CEO Van Leeuwen Buizen Groep, specializes in family and private equity owned businesses in the mid-market segment.
Heleen Kersten

Partner at Stibbe
Maurits Duynstee

Former Head of CF Benelux at Deutsche Bank and MD, Head Wholesale Banking NL, Global co-head CF at ING Bank and partner at Axeco
Stewart McCrone

Head of Strategy, M&A and Partnerships at Philips
Ton van Veen

CFO and a member of the board of directors of supermarket chain and family business Jumbo
Jury Best Deal Small-Cap
Robert de Boeck

Founder and Management Partner of Antea
Rob van der Laan

Founder and Managing Partner of NewPort Capital
Brigitte van der Maarel

Managing Director, Head of NIBC Mezzanine & Equity Partners
Maasbert Schouten

Entrepreneur, investor and CEO of MaasInvest N.V.
Jury Best Young M&A Advisor
Tanja Kramer

Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at KPN
Olivier Valk

Senior Associate Allen & Overy and winner Best Young M&A Lawyer 2019
Christiane van der Wateren

Senior Director Mergers, Acquistions and Divestments at Philips
Petra Zijp

Managing Partner and Head of Capital Markets Practice NautaDutilh N.V.
Jury Best Young M&A Lawyer
William Jones

Director at Rabobank Corporate Finance M&A and winner 'Best Young M&A Advisor 2019'
Hanneke Rothbarth

Partner Corporate and M&A at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Terry Verheij

Partner at Voxius
Eric Wijs

Managing Director and Head of Benelux at Lincoln International
Jury Best Young PE Manager
Pieter Bautz

Managing Director and Head of Acquisition Finance Netherlands at ING
Remco van Daal

Partner PwC Transaction Services & Management Board PwC Advisory NV
Ronald Kemmeren

VP Corporate Development & Strategy at Tiqets and winner Best Young PE Manager 2019
Nathalie van Woerkom

Partner and lawyer at AKD