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Supervision of our work
The RvA must operate to a high degree of independence. In this regard, supervision of our work and advice on decision-making regarding accreditation are of great importance.
Supervision of our work and advice in the decision-making process regarding accreditation guarantee the expertise, impartiality and independence of the RvA and provide a critical evaluation of our activities and our business operations.
Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors ensures that the Executive Board realises the objectives of the RvA and provides the Executive Board with advice. The members are selected based on expertise and competences.
Accreditation Committee
The Accreditation Committee consists of five members. They have been appointed on the basis of their expertise in accreditation, their integrity and independence. The Committee’s duty is to advise the Executive Board with regard to granting accreditations. In addition, it has the authority to advise the Executive Board regarding suspensions and withdrawals of accreditations.
In 2025, Mariëlle Stoelinga and Petra de Weerd-Nederhof stepped down as members of the Accreditation Committee. At the meeting of the Supervisory Board on 11 March 2026, a nominated candidate for membership of the Accreditation Committee was appointed. The Supervisory Board has approved an extension of the third term of office of the Chair of the Accreditation Committee, Kees Pasmooij.
Board of chairs - Objections Committee
In the event of objections against a decision by the RvA’s Executive Board, a member of this Committee will be engaged. The members of this Committee are strictly independent.
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
The RvA must comply with the relevant provisions of the Framework Act on Independent Administrative Bodies and European Regulation 765/2008. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK) oversees this. A statutory evaluation of the RvA as an independent administrative body takes place every five years: the next statutory evaluation is scheduled for 2026.
To monitor the substantive aspects of its work, the Ministry of EZK can rely on the peer evaluations conducted by the European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA), which are carried out independently of the Ministry of EZK by fellow accreditation bodies within the EA and which the RvA undergoes once every four years. In this process, the RvA is assessed against ISO/IEC 17011.
EA Multilateral Agreement Committee
In order to remain a signatory of the EA’s Multilateral Agreement (MLA), the RvA must meet the requirements of European Regulation 765/2008 and the international ISO/IEC 17011 standard.
Every four years, the RvA is assessed by an EA research team in the form of a peer evaluation. The most recent evaluation took place in 2025 and yielded positive results. The peer evaluation report will be formally considered at the EA MAC meeting in May 2026.
Executive Board
The responsibilities of the Executive Board include the realisation of the goals and business operations of the RvA. The Executive Board receives advice from the Accreditation Committee, the Strategic Advice Forum, the User Council and the RvA Impartiality Consultation, among others.
User Council
The User Council consists of representatives of the RvA’s direct customers and it advises the RvA on rates, service standards, and the quality of the service provision. Furthermore, we informed the User Council about the digitalisation projects that are under (ongoing) development. Topics such as the RvA’s sustainability policy, business development and joint development processes with clients, the scarcity in the labour market and the status of the Information-driven Work programme with the associated dashboards were also discussed.
RvA Impartiality Assemblee
It is important that the RvA is impartial in its actions. The involvement of stakeholders in the process for ensuring impartiality is in line with the standard that the RvA must comply with: ISO/IEC 17011. The RvA Impartiality Assemblee was set up in 2022. The participants of this Assesmblee meet once a year to discuss a risk analysis of the RvA’s impartiality and to advise the Executive Board in this regard.
RvA Strategic Conference
The RvA Strategic Conference (formerly the Strategic Advise Forum) was established in 2022 to engage in dialogue with stakeholders on specific societal challenges, based on a chosen theme. The composition of participants varies depending on the theme.
We invite a number of our stakeholders to each meeting: the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, NEN, Fenelab, NVCi, VSL, the Association of Scheme Owners and representatives of medical laboratories.
In addition to the permanent members, other stakeholders may also attend meetings if they have an affinity with the chosen theme. In 2025, the RvA Strategic Conference was organised with the theme ‘Resilience and prosperity: the challenges for the TIC sector and accreditation’.
Members of governing bodies and advisory committees
This overview shows the compositions of the governing bodies and advisory committees on 1 March 2025.
Board of Supervisors
- Yvonne van Rooy (Chair)
2nd term until 1 December 2027
- Ron de Mos (vice chair)
2nd term until 15 October 2026
- Jaap van den Heuvel
3rd term until 14 March 2025
- Peter van Rhede van der Kloot
3rd term until 31 maart 2026
- Suzanne van der Pijll
1st term untin 1 march 2028
- Marleen Prins
1st term untin 1 october 2028
The Board of Supervisors’ report for 2025 can be found in the RvA’s 2025 Financial Report, which can be downloaded from rva.nl/en/annual-reports. This report also provides more information about the members of the Board of Supervisors and their additional functions.
Executive Board
- Roeland Nieuweboer (Chair)
- Joep de Haas (member)
Accreditation Committee
- Kees Pasmooij (Chair)
- Guillaume Counotte
- Hans Kristian Ploos van Amstel
College of Chairs Objections Committee
- Aniel Pahladsingh
- Arend Koenes
User Council
- Adrian Kruit (medical laboratories)
- Suzanne van Veen (medical laboratories)
- Jörgen van den Ende (Fenelab)
- Ties Joosten (Fenelab)
- Olaf van Panhuys (NVCi)
- Wim van Vreeswijk (NVCi)
RvA Impartiality Assemblee attendees 2025
- Ron de Mos, vice-chair of the Supervisory Board
- Kees Pasmooij, Commissie Accreditaties
- Arend Koenes (College of Chairs Objections Committee)
- Lilian Petit (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate)
- Hilde Prummel (Fenelab)
- Astrid Plettenburg (NVCi)
- Ruben Baumgarten (medical laboratories)
- Francesca van den Broeke (VvS)
RvA Strategic Conference
Regular participants in the RvA’s Strategic Conference include representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate , NEN, NVCi, Fenelab, medical laboratories, VSL and the Association of Scheme Owners. Depending on the topic, other stakeholders may also join.
