Meet the New Ombuds for Erasmus University Rotterdam

Aukje Verstegen has been named an Ombuds Officer for Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, the large public research university in the Netherlands. She joins Wico Verbaan, who was appointed to the role in January 2023. Together they serve more than 40,000 students and employees. The followed Edith Weijnen, who piloted the Ombuds program alone and as part-time employee beginning in 2019. (EUR Ombuds.)

Verstegen moved to EUR from Radboud University, where she was the first Student Ombudsperson. She graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and completed legal training at Radboud University. (LinkedIn.) 

Verbaan has over 25 years of experience in safety, integrity, and compliance, spanning financial services, corporate investigations, and organizational advisory roles. He holds degrees from the Theological University of Kampen and Evangelische Hogeschool Amersfoort. (LinkedIn.)

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