Herman Wijffels

Herman Wijffels (1942) is a Dutch economist and politician for the CDA. From 1981 to 1999 he worked for the Rabobank ultimately as chairman of the board of directors.

As farewell present, the Rabobank established the Herman Wijffels Innovation Award. The award recognizes enterprising people who take the initiative to develop innovations that not only produce benefits for themselves, but als for the society as a whole.

From 1999 until 2006, he was chairman of the Social-Economic Council and he was chairman of the Society for Preservation of Nature in the Netherlands. In 2006 he was appointed as Dutch representative at the World Bank, succeeding Ad Melkert.

For the 2006-2007 Dutch cabinet formation, Herman was appointed by Queen Beatrix to lead the negotiations between the political parties for the cabinet to be.

Nowadays, Herman is together with Sylvia Borren co-chairman of Worldconnectors, a Dutch think tank with the aim of working towards a just, sustainable, inclusive and peaceful world. Herman is also professor Sustainability and Social change at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Co-Chair
Worldconnectors

Maarn, The Netherlands