Roger van Boxtel interim president NS – nrc.nl

Roger van Boxtel Photo ANP / Martijn Beekman

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Roger van Boxtel from August interim president of the Dutch Railways. Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem appointed him for a year, reports the NS.

Van Boxtel (61) was until last month a member and leader of D66 in the Senate. He was until recently chairman of the Board of Directors of Menzis. From 2016, the Supervisory Board will be looking for a definitive interpretation of the top job.

Van Boxtel wants NS begin to restore “calm and confident”. In early June left Timo Huges as CEO of the NS. The supervisory board had terminated confidence in him after the fraud in the procurement of public transport in Limburg. After the messy departure of Huges also stepped Carel van den Driest, president of the board.

In May, after an internal investigation NS malpractice to light by a subsidiary Abellio, which appeared to have made themselves guilty of industrial espionage. In this way Abellio hoped to win the Limburg public transport for the period 2016-2031.

Huges appeared to be aware of “serious irregularities” such as the NS himself called the fraud. The railway transportation company CEO knew Qbuzz, daughter of Abellio competitive information received from Veolia director René de Beer. Huges previously denied. After the resulting turmoil Limburg awarded the contract to Arriva. The tax investigation service FIOD now investigating the embezzlement in the procurement.

With the arrival of Van Boxtel, the Supervisory Board of the NS again in two. After the departure of Timo Huges acted CFO Engelhardt Robbe as acting CEO

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