Marnix Van Ginneken

Chief ESG & Legal Officer

Marnix van Ginneken

Current role: Chief ESG & Legal Officer

Since: 2014

Born: New York, USA in 1973

Nationality: Dutch

Graduated: 

- Law (University of Utrecht)
- Ph.D. from University of Amsterdam

Chief ESG & Legal Officer  

Marnix van Ginneken

Marnix van Ginneken is Executive Vice President and Chief ESG & Legal Officer of Royal Philips. He is a member of the Board of Management and the Executive Committee.

Marnix became a member of the Executive Committee in 2014 and he was appointed a member of Philips’ Board of Management in 2017. He is responsible for driving Environmental, Social and Governance efforts across the company, including sustainability. Marnix is also responsible for Legal, Intellectual Property & Standards and Government & Public Affairs. As of 2024, he is Chair of the Board of the Philips Foundation. Since 2011, he has been a Professor of International Corporate Governance at the Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam.

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Marnix joined Philips in 2007 and became General Counsel Corporate and Head of Group Legal in 2010. In this role he was responsible for the various Group Legal departments, including Corporate & Financial Law, Legal Compliance and Legal M&A. Before joining Philips, Marnix worked for Akzo Nobel, and before that as an attorney in a private practice.

Marnix is a board member of the Association of Listed Companies (Vereniging Effecten Uitgevende Ondernemingen (VEUO)), the Grotius Academy Foundation (Stichting Grotius Academie), and the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.

Marnix studied law at the University of Utrecht and at Wayne State University in Detroit. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam.

At a glance

Current role: Chief ESG & Legal Officer

Since: 2014

Born: New York, USA in 1973

Nationality: Dutch

Graduated: 

- Law (University of Utrecht)
- Ph.D. from University of Amsterdam

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