The Supervisory Board has appointed David Roodenburg to become the new statutory CEO of Huisman. Since 1980, Huisman has been owned and led by the Roodenburg family, growing from 20 employees to 2000 to date.
His father, Joop Roodenburg, built the company from a regional player to a reputable multinational – a leader in heavy construction machinery. Joop Roodenburg is currently active as President, after he had appointed Theo Bruijninckx CEO in April 2018, with the objective to prepare the company for the next generation. Theo Bruijninckx will stay on as the company’s CFO.
‘It is a privilege that the next generation Roodenburg also wants to dedicate its talents to Huisman,’ says Jaap Korf, Supervisory Board Huisman. ‘Both children have positively chosen for the company. David Roodenburg now as CEO and Charlotte Roodenburg being responsible for New Build Sales. As part of the transition, David Roodenburg will continue to lead Huisman in close cooperation with Theo Bruijninckx.’
Joop Roodenburg will remain with the company in an advisory role, focussing on the continuous development of step changing technical solutions, inspiring engineers, new business opportunities, tenders, relationships with key clients and supporting the company’s management team.
David Roodenburg
David Roodenburg (36) has a master in Precision Microsystem Engineering (PME) and a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology. He became active for Huisman in 2008. He was responsible for the order intake, which led to the construction start and subsequent successful delivery of the Huisman Brazil facility.
In 2013, he became Manager System Architecture, focussing on the transformation of concepts design into multi-disciplinary system designs. Early 2016, he moved into developing new businesses for Huisman, resulting in two major contracts in China. In August 2017, he became the Manager of the Tender engineering & Product development department, focussing on the future markets and vision of Huisman.
‘Huisman is a very precious team of skilled people that, together with loyal clients, can make audacious ideas come true,’ says David Roodenburg. ‘Huisman’s reputation has been built by decennia of hard work and enormous trust from our clients. The company is fortunate to use its reputation to, for instance, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, helping accelerate the transition to renewables, as well as significantly reducing fossil fuel extraction emissions. I am very proud to take this position and to fulfil my grandfathers’ wish to succeed Joop as the company’s end responsible.’
