board VTM

Peter J.F. van Mierlo (chair)

Peter (1942) is chair of VTM en has lived in Yokohama, Japan. For FujiFilm he has moved to Tilburg, was a member of its Board of Directors and responsible for the photofilm and photopaper production. He was strongly involved in the foundation of VTM in 1989.

Jack P.M. de Wilde

Jack (1956) is Programme Manager as well as Head Sports Development of the Sports Office of the City of Tilburg. Since the foundation of the city partnership he was asked by Mayor Brokx to engage in its programming. His focus is on the theme of sports.

Thérèse M. Verspaget (interim secretary)

Thérèse (1953) is coordinator education of VTM. She works for '2College Jozef' and is contact person of the 'Japanese School of Tilburg'. Since early 1990s she is active for VTM. She regards the obtained knowledge on and contacts in Japan as a significant enrichment.

Yasuko Zetteler-Nagano (永野靖子)

Yasuko (1955) maintains the contacts with Minamiashigara (and Japan). She lives in the Netherlands since 1983 after traveling one and a half year in Africa. She speaks Japanese, Dutch, English, and Swahili. She teaches languages and works as an interpreter. See the Japan in Tilburg page

Henk Vinken

Henk (1962) is active in culture and generation comparative social science research and often in Asia, especially Japan. Hij wishes to engage in the knowledge enhancement of VTM. See www.henkvinken.nl for more information.

Kees Theeuwes

Kees (1954) is director of Care Centre Padua of Foundation 'De Wever'. His interest for Japan started when a group of Japanese visited Care Centre 'Padua' and DOT, Demention Support and Training Centre. Kees wishes to engage in activities and PR of VTM.

Advisors

Joop van Lier, former Director of Fuji
Johan van Gurp, City of Tilburg

Ronald Engel (penningmeester)

Ronald (1963) owns an Administration- en Tax Consultancy Company en is treasurer of VTM. Besides taking care of the finances of the association he is generally interested in the Japanese economy and more specifically in corporate finance trends.

Dineke van den Dungen (secretary)

Dineke (1956) is secretary of VTM since November 2007. She is interested in the exchange between Western and non-Western cultures. She works as a manager public activities at Scryption, museum for written communication in Tilburg.