Subject : Professor Peter de Gijsel appointed dean of MSM

Date    : 20 January 2010

Dear Rosemary,

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors it is my pleasure to inform you that Professor Peter P. de Gijsel has been appointed as the new dean of the Maastricht School     of Management as of 15 January 2010. He will succeed Professor Ben Veltman, who was the interim dean since May 2009. 

In the past years, De Gijsel was professor of Economics and “Deutschlandbeauftragter für Forschung und Lehre” at Utrecht University, and honorary professor at the University of Osnabrück. He was also the founding dean of the Utrecht University School of Economics (USE). Previously, Professor de Gijsel worked in various positions at the Maastricht University, the last being honorary professor.

On 1 October 2009, De Gijsel was appointed dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, which is part of Maastricht University. In his position as dean of both institutes,    De Gijsel will explore the opportunities for far-reaching collaboration to strengthen international education both in and coming out of Maastricht. This collaboration will enable MSM to enlarge its capacity and improve the quality of its programs, which will be beneficial for MSM and our partners. 

I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that MSM highly values the collaboration with its partners around the world. This strong network of strategic partners is the foundation of our success. As such MSM will continue to invest in its long term partnerships and within the framework of our new long-term strategy we will further strengthen our partnerships in order to facilitate life-long learning opportunities for MSM students and alumni.  

I am looking forward to further strengthening and widening our cooperation in the future.

Yours sincerely,

Klaas van Mierlo

Managing Director