In 2008 we implemented a formal legal structure to include selected academic and business trustees at corporate level from leading FMCG manufacturers and retailers.
The new AiMark Executive Committee of this legal not-for-profit structure is:
- Prof. Raimund Wildner (chairman)
- Prof. Jan-Benedict Steenkamp (executive director)
- Margret Schuit (treasurer)
- Helen Passingham-Hughes (chief marketing officer and vice chairman)
- Alfred Dijs (chief operation officer)
Alfred Dijs is responsible for all day-to-day activities, staff and network of the AiMark community.
The staff of AiMark are:
- Alfred Dijs (chief operation officer)
- Bernadette van Ewijk (partner manager AiMark program & member services)
- Claudia Gaspar (liaison with the GfK verein community)
- Dr. Katrijn Gielens (data and project administrator)
- Constant Berkhout (Global Insights Director)
- Peter Gouw MM (liaison with the business community)
- Huub Haarbosch (financial controller)
- Dr. Oliver Koll (liaison with the business community)
- Danny Mertens (IT manager)
- Lisa White (event manager)
The AiMark Institute is a not-for-profit foundation, registered in the Netherlands, Middellaan 25, Dongen (a small village, near the Tilburg University).