ARCADIS appoints new CEO for Continental European organization

September 12, 2014 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, today announced the appointment of Erik Blokhuis to the position of CEO for its Continental European operations per January 1, 2015. Mr. Blokhuis, is currently leading the Buildings business for ARCADIS Europe.

Mr. Erik Blokhuis (1967), a Dutch national, first joined ARCADIS in 1992 as a project manager. After a brief stint at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, he joined Royal Haskoning in 1994 and worked there for 4 years in several international positions, with overall water business responsibility (project and commercial). In 1998 he returned to ARCADIS to become the Project Manager of the Infrastructure activities in the Netherlands. He subsequently became Commercial Director for the international activities of the rail team, forging synergies with ARCADIS companies in other countries in Europe, South America and Asia. In 2007 Mr. Blokhuis was appointed Business Unit Director within the Dutch ARCADIS organization. In 2012 he became Director of the Dutch Buildings Division, which was then taken to European level in the beginning of 2014.

Stephan Ritter, Executive Board member for ARCADIS and responsible for the Continental European activities of ARCADIS about the appointment: "Having implemented a pan-European business model for our Continental European activities, we are now moving into a phase in which we maximize collaboration and  implement our performance excellence approach. During his career, Erik Blokhuis has demonstrated an ability to drive synergies, by advertising their benefits to those who have to contribute to their realization. He also has a keen eye for the applicability of new and innovative business approaches, which is needed as we roll out our new core value propositions also in Continental Europe and further strengthen our client focus."

For more information please contact Joost Slooten at +31 (0) 20 2011083, or outside office hours at +31 (0) 6 27061880 or joost.slooten@arcadis.com

About ARCADIS: ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design and consultancyfirm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 22,000 people that generate €2.5 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Please visit: www.arcadis.com