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Co-CEOship (TAUW)

Netherlands · / · Transnational · See the Netherlands profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 59% 59/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since 2018, Henrike Branderhorst and Ralph van Roessel have jointly led TAUW, a prominent consultancy and engineering company, as Co-CEOs, sharing equal responsibilities. Together, they are steering the transformation of TAUW into a leading European environmental consultancy, whi

Co-CEOship (TAUW)

Details

Promoter
TAUW (Dutch Consultancy and engineering company located also in other 5 EU countries) — website
Power domain
Economic Power
Methods / tools
Awareness-raising, Self-regulation
Keywords
power sharing, Co-CEO leadership, competences and job perspectives sharing, C-suite diversification

Context

Since 2018, Henrike Branderhorst and Ralph van Roessel have jointly led TAUW — a consultancy and engineering company with more than 1,200 employees operating across six countries — as Co-CEOs sharing equal responsibilities. TAUW addresses environmental challenges such as air quality, nitrogen and PFAS management, sustainable urban development and the circular economy, with operations most advanced in the Netherlands.

Objectives

The Co-CEOs promote shared leadership as a way to combine diverse perspectives and balanced decision-making at the top of the company, and to integrate diversity and inclusion goals alongside TAUW's environmental sustainability strategy.

Activities

Branderhorst and van Roessel jointly steer TAUW's transformation into a leading European environmental consultancy and publicly advocate for the Co-CEOship model, which is also used by other companies such as DSM.

Conclusions

TAUW presents the Co-CEOship model as an example for other companies of shared leadership driving both business success and social equity; no independent evaluation of outcomes is cited.

Implementation

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