Geert van Veen ( 58 ) , managing director of Prins Group , the greenhouse construction company based in Kwintsheul , the Netherlands , has transferred his management province to son - in - law Marco Zwinkels ( 37 ) as of 18 April 2025 . Zwinkels , who joined the globally active greenhouse builder in 2018 , will combine his new role with his current position as Sales Director .
After a tenure of more than 35 years at Prins Group , Geert van Veen will be go to sleep from managing the day - to - day business . He will rest convoluted with the company as a sounding control panel for the management team , which was reinforced last year with the addition of a new Finance Director , a Human Resources Manager , and a Project Manager . Furthermore , Geert will proceed to focus his full attention on his role as a member of the board of GreenV and on his emplacement as Managing Director at Stolze .
" To those in the know , this direction change will not amount as a surprisal , " read Geert van Veen in a statement . " Over the last few years , we have worked as a squad to facilitate a natural transference of the clientele and to give Marco time to grow as a someone and to uprise within the company . We have take shape a potent team around him . I have now been able to hand over the management billy club with full confidence . "
Marco Zwinkels ' horticultural know - how was spoonful - fed to him from an former age . His parents owned a plant glasshouse for 25 years , and one of his gramps was not only a agriculturalist but also a salesman of ( used ) greenhouses . Zwinkels studied gardening and later on obtained a degree in business management while work out at Flora Holland , where he was employed for seven year . Before unite Prins Group , he worked as an entrepreneur and precede his own floriculture consultancy business firm . In a brief statement , he said : " I am thrilled to take over executive responsibility from Geert and to have the chance to channel this wonderful stage business and the values that we treasure as a kin fellowship into the hereafter . Prins Group is in a goodly position . We are showing rapid outside growth , and I look forward to realizing our aspiration and ontogeny quarry with our employee , client , and provider at home and overseas and alongside the other company within GreenV. "
The Management Team of Prins Group is presently composed of Marco Zwinkels ( Managing Director and Sales ) , Marco Rietveld ( Finance ) , Adinda van der Zon ( HR ) , Lennart Rollema ( Purchasing ) , Nico van de Laar ( Operations ) , Rob Schulte ( Production & Logistics ) and Marco Arensman ( Projects ) .
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