Erik van Ginkel

Erik van Ginkel (born 1966) studied law at the University of Amsterdam. After obtaining his degree in 1991, he worked for a number of years as the secretary of ACTA, the joint Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam. In 1994 he became the official secretary and legal specialist at the Mondriaan Foundation, which provides financial support to the visual arts, design and museum activities. In 2001, after a brief foray into the communication sector, he was appointed to the post of deputy director of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund, the largest private cultural fund in the Netherlands. On 1 January 2006, he joined Museum Boijmans van Beuningen as the institution’s business director and deputy managing director. Erik van Ginkel has been the Rijksmuseum’s Managing Director since September 2011.

Ancillary activities

• Chairman of the board Stichting Mensen Maken Amsterdam
• Chairman of the board VID Foundation for Photography
• Vice Chairman of the board Fundacion Han Nefkens, Barcelona
• Member of the Supervisory Board OSCAM (Open Space Contemporary Art Museum), Amsterdam-Zuidoost
• Member of the Advisory Board Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam
• Member of the Advisory Board Jacqueline van Tongerenstipendium, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam