A Changing of the guard - Introducing MARIN's two new directors
Conference/JournalMARIN Report 142
Date17 Dec 2024
As MARIN President Bas Buchner steps down after 14 years at the helm, for the first time in the institute’s history his role will be replaced by two successors.
Report interviews Olaf Waals, the former Manager Offshore and Hannes Bogaert, Manager of Performance at Sea, about their new joint role and Bas about the many highlights of his career.
Report interviews Olaf Waals, the former Manager Offshore and Hannes Bogaert, Manager of Performance at Sea, about their new joint role and Bas about the many highlights of his career.
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Both start career at MARIN
One thing the new directors have in common is that they both arrived at MARIN’s headquarters in Wageningen fresh out of university and indeed both graduated as naval architects from Delft University of Technology.
Olaf Waals (left) and Hannes Bogaert.