Panel of judges M&A Awards 2022

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

Partner at Axeco


Cilian Jansen Verplanke

Partner at Karmijn Kapitaal


Jury Best Diversity Firm

Desiree van Boxtel

Partner at Karmijn Kapitaal


Arwien Oemrawsingh

Deputy civil-law notary at Allen & Overy


Joeri de Groot

Managing Director at AlpInvest Partners


Meltem Koning-Gungormez

Partner at Van Doorne


Kay de Gier-Formanek

Founder and CEO at KAY Diversity & Performance


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 Partner at Karmijn Kapitaal


Maasbert Schouten

Entrepreneur, investor and CEO of MaasInvest N.V.


Jury Best Young M&A Advisor

Tanja Kramer

Venture Capital Investor - Slingshot Ventures


Jesse Voorburgh

Associate Corporate Finance | M&A at ING


Christiane van der Wateren

Head of Finance Europe at Philips Domestic Appliances


Willianne van Zandwijk

Managing partner and Head of Corporate M&A Practice at NautaDutilh UK


Jury Best Young M&A Lawyer

Marieke Pols

Laywer at De Roos Advocaten


Guillette van Grinsven

Partner at Houthoff


Terry Verheij

Partner at Voxius


Eric Wijs

Managing Director and Head of Benelux at Lincoln International


Jury Best Young PE Manager

Chiel Soeter

Senior Investment Manager at De Hoge Dennen Capital


Ronald Kemmeren

Vice President at HPE Growth


Wendy van Luit

Senior Manager Deals Strategy at PwC Netherlands


Wouter Kros

Corporate/M&A and PE partner at AKD