Marry de Gaay Fortman

Marry is a lawyer corporate and public governance and an expert in the field of governance and regulation. She is involved in research and regulatory matters and specialises in public economic law and corporate governance for large companies and public and semi-public institutions. She is also considered a trusted boardroom advisor, focusing on the governance dynamics between executive boards and supervisory boards, shareholders, and other stakeholders.

Marry is a member of a multidisciplinary team that works at the intersection of corporate governance, regulatory and corporate litigation and that carries out governance stress tests that lead to recommendations for the improvement and strengthening of the governance within companies. Read more about the governance stress test.

Marry combines her legal work with non-executive director roles, including as a supervisory director for De Nederlandsche Bank and Conclusion Group. Marry is also chair of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and board member of the Dutch Lawyer’s Association and has previously served as a member of the supervisory board director for KLM, Royal HaskoningDHV, GVB Amsterdam and the health insurer VGZ. She was chair of the theatre production company Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.

Marry also lectures on boardroom dynamics at the Governance University, is co-author of a chapter on the Dutch manual Handboek Corporate Governance. She also organises round table meetings for supervisory directors. Marry is a member of Houthoff’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.