Bart Smolders appointed Chief Infrastructure Officer at Schiphol

As of 1 April, Bart Smolders (51) will join the Executive Committee of Royal Schiphol Group as Chief Infrastructure Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for all construction and maintenance activities at the airport. Bart Smolders is currently Managing Director Infra at Heijmans. He succeeds Sybren Hahn.

“I am pleased that we can welcome Bart to Schiphol’s Executive Committee. In line with our strategy and masterplan, Schiphol faces a significant construction and maintenance assignment. Bart brings the right expertise and experience to deliver on this task. I wish him success and look forward to working with him.”

“A great deal of work is being done at the airport to bring Schiphol back into the top three European hub airports. I look forward to delivering the associated investment programme together with colleagues and our construction partners at the airport.”

Smolders has extensive experience in the infrastructure sector. At Heijmans, he is responsible for all infrastructure projects. Prior to that, he led the mobility division of technology company Siemens. He also spent nearly ten years at ProRail, where he was responsible for overall asset management and the maintenance of the rail infrastructure.