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Amsterdam airport owner Royal Schiphol Group names Pieter van Oord as CEO

Pieter van Oord. Photo Credit: Royal Schiphol Group

Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) – described as a major hub for Dutch and international mobility – has named Pieter van Oord as its new CEO, with a four-year term that begins on June 1, 2024.

Interim CEO Ruud Sondag will step down in March 2024.

Van Oord has managed a family-run international maritime contractor since 2008.

“Van Oord is a highly experienced and internationally oriented CEO of a successful company,” Jaap Winter, chairman of Royal Schiphol Group’s supervisory board, said in a Nov. 26 statement. “He has extensive experience in the field of logistics operations and asset management, two areas in which there will be significant challenges for Schiphol in the coming years. For Pieter, sustainability is a key issue. This is in line with Schiphol’s ambitions to accelerate sustainability and reduce its environmental and climate impact.”

“I realize that this significance must go hand-in-hand with other interests, both within and outside the airport,” van Oord said. “I am happy to contribute to the transition of Schiphol and aviation, based on a responsibility I feel toward our society.”