Barbara van Koppen went from temp GC to the permanent seat at Arcadis, and honestly, the whole legal leadership carousel there has been wild. The Amsterdam-based engineering firm confirmed she'll steer worldwide legal operations and grab a spot on the exec committee after holding things together on an interim basis since early this year.
Her background is pretty stacked. Close to 27 years spent inside KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, roughly 16 of those running their legal shop, then a GC run at Dutch manufacturer Kendrion before hopping over to Arcadis last year in a temporary secretary capacity. Jana Beyusova also landed the chief people officer gig in the same shakeup.
And that GC chair has been a straight-up revolving door. Emily Barker barely lasted a year before bouncing, and she'd filled the seat after Frances Forsyth walked away from two decades there. Elsewhere, Balfour Beatty snagged Ed Egerton from AtkinsRéalis for a combined legal-and-commercial chief role, while Rolls-Royce yanked Maria Varsellona out of Unilever for their CLO chair.
Her background is pretty stacked. Close to 27 years spent inside KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, roughly 16 of those running their legal shop, then a GC run at Dutch manufacturer Kendrion before hopping over to Arcadis last year in a temporary secretary capacity. Jana Beyusova also landed the chief people officer gig in the same shakeup.
And that GC chair has been a straight-up revolving door. Emily Barker barely lasted a year before bouncing, and she'd filled the seat after Frances Forsyth walked away from two decades there. Elsewhere, Balfour Beatty snagged Ed Egerton from AtkinsRéalis for a combined legal-and-commercial chief role, while Rolls-Royce yanked Maria Varsellona out of Unilever for their CLO chair.
