As Managing Director, Jan, together with the Board members, is committed to addressing the social challenges facing the region.Thanks to its tremendous capacity for innovation, the Arnhem-Nijmegen region offers the opportunity to strengthen social challenges and opportunities within the region. These can serve as an example for the rest of the Netherlands. We do this by further developing technologies and markets in the fields of Energy, Health, High Tech, Food, smart sustainability and circularity. It is not just about economic and sustainability impact, but also about socio-economic impact and promoting broad prosperity in the region.

Jan works together with the Board members to put new, future-oriented topics on the agenda that contribute to accelerating solutions for the large and complex social tasks in the Arnhem-Nijmegen region.

Background, previous experience

Last administrative term (2019-2023), Jan was alderman for Economic Affairs and Sports at the Municipality of Arnhem, administrative principal of the Productive Region at the Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem-Nijmegen and member of The Economic Board. Before that, he worked for 27 years in various management positions for US listed companies in the ICT sector and for a Dutch software company. His experience in regional economic cooperation and his broad entrepreneurial experience will bring Van Dellen to his position as managing director.