Meet the Techleap.nl Supervisory Board

Corinne Vigreux is a Co-Founder of TomTom, the navigation technologies company that continues to create cutting edge innovations that solve mobility problems and address the challenges of autonomous driving and smart cities.

As one of the top fifty most inspirational women in European tech, Corinne champions women in the workforce and passionately advocates for improved social mobility through education. She launched the new tuition-free Coding College in Amsterdam, CODAM, based on the pioneering work of Ecole 42 in Paris.

She is a member of the supervisory board of takeaway.com NV, a member of the supervisory board of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet, and an advisor to the Amsterdam Economic Board.

As Booking.com’s Chairwoman, Gillian Tans advises the company’s leadership on the long-term vision and operations for the business as well as key growth initiatives. Previously, Gillian served as Booking.com’s President and Chief Executive Officer, a role she was appointed to in 2016, following her experience as Chief Operating Officer as well as other positions at the helm of Booking.com’s Global Sales, Operations, IT, Content and Customer Care departments. Under her leadership, Booking.com has advanced its operations and sales across more than 225 countries and territories around the world.

Founder & former CEO of the company behind Elasticsearch, the innovative and advanced open-source distributed search engine. Elastic successfully went public in 2018 and has a market cap of over $5 Billion, making it one of the Netherlands' most successful startups to date.

Schuurman is also a Board Member at Orange11, former CEO and owner of Orange11 (acquired by Trifork in 2012), Co-Founder of the internationally renowned Open Source software vendor SpringSource (acquired by VMware in 2009), one of the most successful open-source companies in history.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO at Novel-T, a leading ecosystem builder in Europe fostering a culture of regional innovation and entrepreneurship. They've already created 11,000 new jobs, helped internationally upscale business cases in the SME sector, and a large number of young growth companies that are set to become international players.  

Beernink has also been the chairman of the Twente Technology Circle (TKT) since 2011, and he has been a member of the Twente Economic Development Board (Twente Board) since 2014. The Twente Board brings together businesses, research institutes, and educational institutions to give direction to the region’s economic development. He is also a member of the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Early Stage Funding investment committee.