Full name:
Title(s):
Nationality:
Ruud van Herpen
mr.
Dutch
Job(s)
Employer/field of work:
Xebia Group International / MRKwadraat B.V.
Current job(s):
- Chief Legal Officer and member Global Leadership Team, Xebia Group International since 2018
- Director/owner MRKwadraat B.V. since 2000
- Since 2000 active as Mediator, certified by NMI (Netherlands Mediation Institute) NfM/IMI (and mediator for the Court of Justice of ‘s Hertogenbosch and Breda) and as a trainer especially for lawyers and mediators
Previous job(s):
- Senior Director and General Counsel, RES Software van 2011 tot 2018
- Lawyer
- Director of Stichting Geschillenbehandeling Zuivel (foundation for handling disputes in the dairy sector)
Secondary job(s):
- Co-chair Platform Business Mediation
- Advisor Independent Standards Commission International Mediation Institute (IMI)
- Dutch representative, Mediation Training Institute International, USA
- Member of various national professional associations in ICT and mediation
Previous secondary job(s):
- Chairman of the Corporate Mediation association
- Handling complaints for the NMI
- Chairman of the Nederlandse Mediatorsvereniging (NMv)
- Member of the board of the Mediatorsfederatie Nederland (MfN)
Expertise
- Specialised in conflicts in business (ICT) relationships and conflicts in relationships with government authorities and employment relationships.
- Mediator for the court of justice of ‘s Hertogenbosch and Breda.
- Led many mediations since 2000. More than 85% of these mediations ended with a positive result.
Publications
- Conflict met de mediator? Over klachtbehandeling en tuchtrecht, SDU Uitgevers 2009, The Hague (co-author)
- Various articles in professional journals
Languages
Dutch:
English:
German:
French:
Native language
Fluent
Reasonable
Reasonable
