Margot van der Starre reappointed as Vice-President of the Executive Board

Alongside President Anton Pijpers and Rector Henk Kummeling, Van der Starre has formed the Executive Board for almost four years. Born in 1961, she took on the role of vice-president on March 15, 2021. UU informs in a statement that she will remain in the role until the end of July 2028, when she will have reached the state pension age.

Margot van der Starre's portfolio within the Executive Board includes the university's real state, ICT and financial management control. Recently, she has also been involved with UU's cultural portfolio. Together with the other two members, she manages the University Administrative Service. 

Margot van der Starre has been reappointed by the Supervisory Board, whose chair, Karin Laglas, says in the press release: “Together with the departments involved, she is achieving beautiful results in areas such as sustainability, real estate, and financial management control. Margot is decisive and can make difficult decisions, with attention and interest for the people she works with. Students and employees across the university also have her attention. We experience broad support for her reappointment, for example in the University Council. We are therefore pleased that she is entering a second term and confidently look forward to the continued collaboration.”

According to the same statement, Van der Starre is delighted with the reappointment. “I am a curious person and deeply interested in everything that our staff and students are researching, organising and teaching. That makes it a joy to work here.” She notes that the next few years will be challenging due because the university will have to tighten the belt. "The board will have to steer the organization through difficult times. That will make tasks that were already complex, like real estate, even harder. My goal is to do this as smart and as well as possible, together. Only by working together, we can confront these challenges.”