Leadership team

Kirsten joined the Computershare business in 2007 as an Account Manager at Georgeson in London. After relocating to the Netherlands, she led Georgeson’s Benelux team on numerous transactions, activist situations, and shareholder meetings for companies such as ASM International, ING Group, Philips, and Shell. She has had key involvement in a number of high-profile M&A transactions.

In 2009, Kirsten took on the role of Managing Director Netherlands at Computershare, extending the local footprint and participating in various shareholder meetings, employee share plan roll-outs, and class action litigations.

After her tenure in growing the Benelux business, Kirsten assumed responsibility for Computershare Shareholder Meetings globally within the company and was appointed the Head of Continental Europe, covering seven country organizations in 2022.

Since the beginning of 2025, Kirsten has been leading the new Investor Engagement business in Computershare Issuer Services, integrating Georgeson with the recently acquired companies CMi2i and ingage.

Johan started his career at Computershare in December 2016; he started as the relationship manager for all Dutch AGM clients. As a relationship manager he has close contact with clients before, during and after their AGM. Many of our clients are familiar with Johan, as in his previous role with our partner Lumi he was already responsible for several shareholder meetings.

This experience will help Johan to provide our clients with the best support in leading up to their shareholder meeting.

In 2021 he started in his current role as Head of Meeting Services Computershare Netherlands. The role changed with the growth of the team.

Computershare Netherlands extended the business from voting service provider to a total production solution for Shareholder meetings, IR earning call and Capital Markets Day. 

With his experience of over 20 years in audio visual productions and events, the one stop shop is a true value for our clients, one key contact person who is responsible for the full meeting. This concept is not only working for the Dutch market, as we are also providing the full organization of meetings a brought.

Per January 2021 Carmen joined Computershare as Senior Consultant, Governance Services in the Netherlands. Carmen has over 10 years’ experience in professional governance services at a Big4 firm, which had given her extensive experience to work in a multidisciplinary environment. Her main area of expertise lies in company secretarial services, consisting of – inter alia - annual compliance services, organize, minute and follow up of board meetings and shareholders meetings, preparation of board resolutions and shareholders resolutions, adoption of annual accounts, corporate changes, incorporation and liquidation of entities and branch registrations.