Jan van Iersel is Chair of the Executive Board of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences. With his many years’ experience in leadership roles within education and research, he is committed to the further development and growth of the ‘greenest university of applied sciences’ in the Netherlands. Food, Dairy, Land and Water are priority themes for HVHL.

"The Arnhem-Nijmegen region is making good strides when it comes to sustainability and circularity. There is more punch, including with the Regio Deal. We know how to find each other better and better."