Floris Italianer starts as director Convergence

As of 1 May 2022, Floris Italianer will be the new director of Convergence, the strategic partnership between Erasmus University Rotterdam, TU Delft and Erasmus MC, which is currently in full development. The Convergence Executive Board (CEB) is pleased with the appointment of Italianer as director who will further develop the Convergence into the next phase. The Convergence Executive Board (CEB) has decided to appoint Floris Italianer (1959) because of his broad experience as a director of various (network) organizations and partnerships and as an advisor to start-ups and scale-ups. Italianer studied Economics at the University of Groningen and obtained his master's degree in Economics, Finance & Marketing at the Interfaculty of Business Administration, the then joint study program of Erasmus University Rotterdam and TU Delft. For the past 9 years, Italianer was director at the Heart Foundation (Hartstichting). As director of Convergence, Italianer will work to further shape the ambitions of Convergence. The potential of the strategic collaboration between Delft and Rotterdam is enormous on many fronts.