Erik van Ginkel
Managing Director
Erik van Ginkel studied law at the University of Amsterdam. He held positions as in-company lawyer/board secretary for the Mondriaan Foundation and was acting director of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds before joining Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam as its managing director in 2006. In 2011 he was appointed as managing director of the Rijksmuseum.
Next to this appointment Erik has been vice-chair of the Dutch Museum Association and chair of the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. He currently holds positions as member of the supervisory boards of NDT in The Hague and ITA in Amsterdam, amongst others.
Ancillary activities
- Chairman of the board Stichting Mensen Maken Amsterdam
- Vice Chairman of the board Fundacion Han Nefkens, Barcelona
- Member of the Supervisory Board OSCAM (Open Space Contemporary Art Museum), Amsterdam-Zuidoost
- Member of the Supervisory Board Stichting Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), Den Haag
- Member of the Supervisory Board Stichting Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA), Amsterdam
- Member of the Advisory Board Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam
- Member of the Advisory Board Jacqueline van Tongerenstipendium, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam