Advisory board
For specific issues, Musoni has access to the knowledge and contacts of our Advisory Board. The role of the Advisory Board is to provide the Senior Management with specialist assistance in each of the Board’s respective areas of expertise.
Currently, the Advisory Board consists of:
Herman Wijffels
Herman Wijffels studied economics at Tilburg University. Mr. Wijffels initially worked at the Dutch ministry of agriculture and was the general secretary of a large employers’ federations. From 1986 till 1999 Mr. Wijffels served as chairman of the executive board of the Rabobank Group. Afterwards Mr. Wijffels became chairperson of the Social and Economic Council, the main advisory body to the Dutch government and parliament on a broad range of economic and social policy issues. Between 2006 and 2008, Herman Wijffels was executive director at the Worldbank. In that period he was also involved in forming the current Dutch government. Mr. Wijffels interest is to develop an efficient and sustainable finance sector in developing markets, especially in rural areas.
Hanno Riedlin
Hanno Riedlin studied law in Leiden. Afterwards he served for 22 years in several functions at ABN Amro, mainly in Asia. His last function at ABN Amro was regional manager for South East Asia. Afterwards Mr. Riedlin joined the Rabobank and had several functions between 1994 and 2007. His last positions were head of the internal audit department and head of the risk department. Since 2007 Hanno Riedlin serves on the board of Accion. He also advises the Executive Board of the Bank Respublika in Azerbaijan and the managing board of FMO. Mr. Riedlin is concentrating on institutions that have a clear view on mitigating risks.
Hans Lemkes
Hans Lemkes studied horticulture in Aalsmeer (The Netherlands) and Odense (Denmark). In 1970 he joined the horticultural family business ‘Royal Lemkes’. Under his management, the company evolved from a business specialised in the cultivation of houseplants into a service provider focused on supply chain integration in the horticultural sector. Royal Lemkes Group is currently one of the largest horticultural service providers to the major European retail companies.
In 2007, the year in which Royal Lemkes Group celebrated its 125th anniversary, Hans handed the company over to new management. He is still associated with Royal Lemkes Group as a senior advisor.
Hans was member of various boards of directors in the horticultural sector. He was at the leading edge of the development of the current European logistical standard ‘Container Centralen’. He also pioneered reverse supply chain logistics in the horticultural sector.
In 2008, Hans started a demonstration farm in Sierra Leone as part of the Private Sector Investment (PSI) programme of the Dutch Ministry for Development Cooperation. He is introducing advanced agricultural technology to achieve sustainable crop production in a country ravaged by 12 years of civil war.
Willem Stolwijk
Willem Stolwijk studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also a registered CPA. After graduation he worked for ABN Amro and ING in the Netherlands and abroad in the field of ICT. He became CEO of Datatrafic in 1986, the company that started electronic payments in the Netherlands. Afterwards he became CEO of Eurocard and BeaNet and developed the debitcard concept (PIN) for financial institutions. In 1994 he merged these companies with Bank Giro Center into Interpay and was its CEO until 2004. He is now involved in advising small companies in developing countries. In 2008 he started Water Right Foundation aiming at improving drinking water systems for poor families based on Low Cost Technology and Micro Credits.
