top of page

Marike Westra

Communication and Sustainable Manager, COFRA Holding

Marike joined COFRA Holding in 2016 and is part of COFRA's management team, with responsibility for leading overall strategic communications and sustainable impact approaches for businesses in the group.


Prior joining COFRA, Marike was SVP, Groups Communications & Investor Relations at Royal Ahold, after six years at Philips, where she worked in Healthcare and later as Global VP, Integrated Communications at Philips Lighting. She began her professional career at Excerpta Medica (later part of Elsevier) as a global director in strategic communications and then in corporate relations.


Marike has a MBA in Philosophy from Vassar College, New York and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. She also holds an Executive MBA from Wharton Business School.

Communication and Sustainable Manager, COFRA Holding

Session

Transform to build trust - it starts from the inside

Case Study

Trust is one of most valuable assets for family businesses. And the formula for building that trust has fundamentally changed. With crucial global issues coming into play and significant demographic shifts, family businesses need to adopt new priorities to protect their legacy.

bottom of page