Feadship · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum

Former leaders now elsewhere5 people who held a top or senior seat here

Organisation chartthe top seat, the senior layer by function, and the managers where the top team is small; the number two is marked

Marc Niederer

Director, Koninklijke De Vries Aalsmeer / Feadship

since 2022

Sijbrand De Vries

Director, De Vries Makkum

since 2005

Owner family

Sales and marketing3 senior	Engineering and design4 senior, +14 managers below	Production and operations1 senior, +22 managers below	Projects and service1 senior, +7 managers below	Purchasing2 senior, +1 managers below	Finance, legal and IT1 senior, +2 managers below	People2 senior
Ben Boon Manager new projects, Feadship since 2009 Marc van Hulzen Manager services since 2025 Willem Starke Manager refit sales since 2025	HE Hylke Engelsma Manager project design since 2015 Jan Hoogvliet Manager yard engineering, interior and exterior since 2026 Peter Melchers Manager yard engineering (production engineering and work preparation) since 2022 RD Richard Dol Manager special projects since 2012	Sieger Hoekstra Production general manager; exterior manager since 2024 Number two	Douwe Tolman Manager refit since 2025	Fardau Zwerver Purchase manager since 2023 Sjoukje Wynia Procurement Director, De Vries group since 2019	Frank Scholte Group ICT manager since 2020	Alma Stuut Head of HR, Makkum since 2014 Japke van Groning MA MSc Manager learning and development since 2009

Number twoSieger Hoekstra, production general manager. Production general manager since 2024 under a family director; the yard's other seats are department managers.

The top team as read on LinkedIn80 people read as staff, October 2026

A family director for the Makkum yard (since it opened in 2005), with group functions appearing on this page: the group's Procurement Director, Group ICT manager and a group director from shipping (since 2022); below, Makkum's own HR head, controller, head of build coordination, production planning, commissioning and a refit and services manager.

Makkum builds the largest Feadships (about 75 m and up) and refits. On LinkedIn it looks like a production site with its own small staff functions, run by a family director, while purchasing, IT and the top seat are group matters. The group brought in an outside managing director from Maersk and Svitzer in 2022; in 2025 the family's technical director took the Aalsmeer CEO title, so who holds the group seat today must be checked against the press.

Marc NiedererDirector, Koninklijke De Vries Aalsmeer / Feadshipsince 2022GM poolSijbrand De VriesDirector, De Vries Makkumsince 2005Owner family

Ben BoonManager new projects, Feadshipsince 2009Marc van HulzenManager servicessince 2025Willem StarkeManager refit salessince 2025GM pool

HEHylke EngelsmaManager project designsince 2015Jan HoogvlietManager yard engineering, interior and exteriorsince 2026Peter MelchersManager yard engineering (production engineering and work preparation)since 2022RDRichard DolManager special projectssince 2012

Sieger HoekstraProduction general manager; exterior managersince 2024COO pool

Douwe TolmanManager refitsince 2025

Fardau ZwerverPurchase managersince 2023Sjoukje WyniaProcurement Director, De Vries groupsince 2019

Frank ScholteGroup ICT managersince 2020

Alma StuutHead of HR, Makkumsince 2014Japke van Groning MA MScManager learning and developmentsince 2009

Charlotte van de KerkProgramme manager, sustainabilitysince 2021EHErik HenryProject manager engineeringsince 2021GWGeert WijmaPrincipal engineer interiorsince 2009HFHessel FriesTechnical managersince 2016IFIerring FaberProject manager engineeringsince 2026MGMaarten GrootTechnical manager refitsince 2024MBMartijn BoontjeProject manager engineeringsince 2025MKMartijn KrotTechnical project managersince 2023MVMike van den EndeTechnical managersince 2011PJPieter JonkerTechnical managersince 2026RVRené VeugerPrincipal engineersince 2024RVRudie van der BosPrincipal project manager engineeringsince 2023TMTjard MeursingPrincipal engineer shipbuildingsince 2010VHVincent HeuvelingTechnical managersince 2018

CLClaudia LanderInterior manager, Aalsmeersince 2009DKDasja KlimovaDepartment manager, assemblysince 2026Dimitri van der GalienHead of commissioningsince 2025EDErik de WildInterior managersince 2024FVFrans VeldhuizenDepartment manager, exteriorsince 2024GVGerard VeldhuisTeam leader interiorsince 2026GKGerben KeuvelaarManager carpentrysince 2006GVGerhard van SlijpeProject manager interiorsince 2026IDIlse de VriesJunior outfitting managersince 2021JBJohan BoersmaTeam leader interiorsince 2024JSJohan SchoutenManager interiorsince 2025Jouke SteenstraForeman, technical servicesince 2010KHKevin HofManager interiorsince 2026Klaas de VriesHead of build coordinationsince 2024NBNico BijlsmaManager exteriorsince 2022PWPiet WiersmaManager facilitiessince 2006RERaquel EfdéDepartment manager, paintsince 2025RJRobin JongsmaDepartment manager, hull constructionsince 2022RBRuben Baarsma Department manager, interiorsince 2024SVSander van der ZielInterior managersince 2014Sebastiaan de HaanHead of production planningsince 2024TDTjerk DemmerTeam leader exteriorsince 2025

AKArco KlosProject manager refitssince 2023DVDiederik van den BergProject manager refit and servicessince 2025JDJasper de VriesProject manager; manager special projectssince 2025LBLeo BoonstraProject managersince 2020Melle PoelsmaManager Refit & Services; technical department managersince 2026RDRichard De VriesProject managersince 2025COO poolRCRuurd CuperusProject managersince 2025

FDFrits de VriesControllersince 1995Koen BroekmanController, Makkumsince 2024

18 more people read as staff below manager level: see them in the directory.

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Candidates at Feadship · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum1 people under 50 in the pools; the shortlisted first

Sieger Hoekstra

Bedrijfsleider Productie at De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum · Groningen, Netherlands

COO / technicalAt Feadship · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum

Career

• Bedrijfsleider Productie · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum Jul 2024 – Present
• Exterior Manager at Feadship de Vries Makkum · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum May 2021 – Present
• Paint manager De Vries Makkum · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum Oct 2015 – Jul 2024
• AD intrim Manager Exterior carpentry · Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw Oct 2019 – Mar 2020
• Software tester_Netwerkbeheerder · Royal Netherlands Air Force Sep 2011 – Sep 2015
• Mission Planner_F-16 · Royal Netherlands Air Force Aug 2009 – Dec 2012
• Patriot operator_GBAD · Royal Netherlands Air Force Dec 2002 – Aug 2009
• Assistent uitvoerder · Van Wijnen Groep NV May 2002 – Aug 2002

LinkedIn profile · Full profile

Key facts

AgeAbout 40estimate from the school years on the profile

Based inGroningen, Netherlands

Current seatBedrijfsleider Productie, Feadship · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum, since 2024

CareerSince 2002, 24 years

Builders on the CVFeadship · De Vries Scheepsbouw Makkum (current)

EducationNoordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) · Management, E; Chr Mavo de Saad Mavo

LanguagesNot given

In brief

Production general manager since Jul 2024 after exterior and paint manager seats since 2015; air force before; about 43.

Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview