Joep A. J. van Beurden is a businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies. Currently, he holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Kendrion NV and Co-Managing Director at KENDRION (Markdorf) GmbH and Co-Managing Director at Kendrion Holding Germany GmbH (both are subsidiaries of Kendrion NV).

He is also on the board of the University of Twente, Global Semiconductor Alliance (former Chairman), Adyen NV and The Antenna Co. NV.

Joep A. J. van Beurden previously occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer at NexWave Solutions SAS and Chief Executive Officer of Nexwave, Inc. (France) (a subsidiary of NexWave Solutions SAS), Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at CSR Ltd. (UK), Chief Executive Officer at Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer of Auxora, Inc.

He received a graduate degree from the University of Twente.