Partners
The Apeldoorn Conference Series is organised by the British Council Netherlands, in partnership with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Steering Board Members
The Apeldoorn Conference Series is guided by a 17 member Steering Board appointed by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr Maarten van den Bergh, Co-chairman
Chairman, Supervisory Board, Akzo Nobel nv

Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Co-chairman
Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats Lords Group

Mr Pim Waldeck
Netherlands Ambassador to the UK

Mr Lyn Parker
British Ambassador to the Netherlands

Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP
Member of Parliament for Norwich South

Nick Clegg MP
Member of Parliament, Liberal Democrat, Sheffield

Mr Peter de Wit
President-Director, Shell BV

Mr Ben Harris
Director, British Council Netherlands

Karen Kiernan
Senior Broadcaster, BBC

Mr Gerard Lemos
Partner, Lemos & Crane

Mr John MacDougall MP
Member of Parliament, Labour, Fife

Mr Wim Mijs
Managing Director, Dutch Banking Association

Mr Axel Rüger
Director, Van Gogh Museum

Mr Anton Valk
Chief Executive, Nedrailways

Ms Lousewies van der Laan
Adviser, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Mr Kees van der Waaij
Chairman, Unilever Nederland NV

Prof Dr Niek van Sas
Professor of Modern History, University of Amsterdam