Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift that is why it is called the present.

Dr. h.c. Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen LLM ACII retired in 2024 from Aon. Her latest role was Chairman of the Executive Board of Aon Holdings B.V. and Aon Group International B.V. (part of Aon Plc; NYSE AON).

Marguerite now holds various non-executive and ambassador roles amongst others Member Supervisory Board Siemens Nederland N.V., chairman Supervisory Board Kelp Blue, vice chairman Supervisory Board international law firm NautaDutilh and member Supervisory board Dutch Royal Military Museums. Prior roles include supervisory and advisory boards membership at a.o. Alumni board Harvard Business School (USA), American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, Gelre Hospitals, Stichting ALS and Madurodam. Marguerite is Ambassador of UWC Maastricht and supports their MENA Women Empowerment initiative.

Marguerite is an expert on leadership, diversity, inclusion and equity and a seasoned international speaker on the topic. She is Chair of the Advisory Board of SER Topvrouwen (the Dutch nationwide diversity C-suite female empowerment initiative) and also represented the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its private sector in the G20 women empowerment alliance G20 EMPOWER. She attended G20 Ministerial Conferences on Women Empowerment in Italy, Indonesia and India. She is also Advisory board member of the Swiss Diversity Awards, Zurich, Switzerland.

Marguerite was named Woman to Watch by US Magazine Business Insurance in 2010. In 2021 Marguerite was awarded the Ambassador J. William Middendorf II award in Washington USA. In 2021 and 2022 she was chosen as one of the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance in the Netherlands. In 2022 a honorary doctorate in philosophy was conferred to her by RAI University, India. The British Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (NBCC) awarded her with a Special Oeuvre Lifetime Achievement award in March 2023. She was included in the MT Sprout Inclusive 30 Leaders in April 2023. In 2024 she was conferred the royal decoration ‘Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau’ by H.M. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

Marguerite received a Master degree in Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is an alumna of INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

She lives in the Hague, The Netherlands.

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