CEO for 1 Day

CEO for 1 Day
1 dag

Many students are still uncertain what they want to be ‘when they grow up’. Let alone in which sector they want to work. Are you a student? And are you up to the challenge of becoming CEO of a large company in the innovative and dynamic Food & Flower industry for a day? Great! Keep scrolling!

Every November we organise CEO for 1 Day. Curious about the second largest industry in the Netherlands? About the work being done every day to make a greener and healthier world, where everyone has access to fresh food? Then spend a day in the chair of one of the CEOs and give them your (un)solicited advice.

"It was such a great experience to get a behind-the-scenes look at Keukenhof for a day. I never expected it to be this educational and enjoyable. After this day, I’m definitely considering a career switch to the private sector. So even if you think ‘food and flower industry... that’s not for me’ — just sign up anyway!"

- Adam Emara, participant CEO for 1 Day 2024

What will you do?

It’s all in the name: you literally will spend a day shadowing one of the biggest CEOs from the Food & Flower industry. You get to know the company, its activities and you are presented with a business issue which you are allowed to provide your honest opinion on! This way you contribute to the future vision of the company in question.

“Thanks to ‘Director for a Day’, I learned and experienced so much about this amazing sector in a very short time. I was positively surprised by the importance of innovation and communication — and by the passion with which growers and others speak and work in this incredibly interesting industry.”

- Thijs Legel, Participant CEO for 1 Day 2024

Are you…

Dan klinkt het alsof jij één van de student-directeuren bent! De volgende editie vindt plaats van 16 t/m 20 november 2026. Je kunt je hiervoor nu aanmelden! Hierna volgt een korte selectieprocedure. Houd voor meer info onze agenda, LinkedIn or Instagram .

CEO for 1 Day in 1.5 minutes

“Thanks to my participation in CEO for 1 Day I have expanded my own network and also learnt a lot about how the organisation within a company works, something you cannot learn in school in theory but can only through first-hand experience.”

- Participant CEO for 1 Day 2021

Deze directeuren doen in 2026 mee!

Deze directeuren geven in november 2026 de volgende generatie impactmakers een “kijkje in de keuken”! 

Remco Salome

CEO Superflora

Armand Veenman

VP Operations Central Europe Këkkila-BVB

Joost van den Blink

Directeur Rabobank Westland

Nicole Visbeen

CCO Daily Logistics Group (DLG)

Niels Mustert

CEO RVE

Willem van Antwerpen

Operationeel directeur (COO) Growers United

Martijn de Graaf

Directeur Farmhouse International B.V

Jos Roodenburg

Financieel Directeur Retail Flowers and Plants

Robèr de Wit

CEO Ronico

Mike Gitzels

CEO Plantenkwekerij Gitzels

Jan Willem Griep

Algemeen Directeur Syngenta Nederland

Sander Willemse

Site Head INCOTEC

Rick van Zoeren

Site Lead Bayer Crop Science Vegetable Seed

Mariska Zeeman

Directeur Plants & Flower Foundation Holland

Joost Wesselman

CEO Dutch Tulips Group

Alessandro Maggioni

Business Unit Head KWS Vegetables

Stef Schuijt

Directeur Naktuinbouw

Leendert-Jan Plaisier

COO Royal Flora Holland

Mark van der Ban

Commercial Director Adomex

Bart van Meurs

Commercial Division Q

Puck van Holsteijn

Directeur World Horti Center & HortiHeroes

Richard Schouten

Algemeen Directeur GroentenFruit Huis