Tom de Waard

Tom de Waard is an accomplished legal and corporate executive with a distinguished career spanning over five decades. Starting as a practicing lawyer at Stibbe in 1971, de Waard became a partner and later joined Clifford Chance in 2000, specializing in corporate law. De Waard has held various significant roles, including Non-Executive Director at Movella since 2017, Partner at VIOTTA Advocaten until March 2023, and Executive Director at Nexperia from 2017 to 2019. Additional leadership positions include chairing various boards such as the Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen Telegraaf Media Groep NV and serving on supervisory boards for BE Semiconductor Industries N.V., STMicroelectronics, and Nuon. With a strong educational foundation in law from Leiden University, de Waard has also contributed as an arbiter in international arbitration settings.