ARCADIS: Niek Hoek steps up as Chairman of Supervisory Board

December 18, 2014 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design & consultancy firm, announced today that Niek Hoek will step up to take the role of Chairman of the ARCADIS Supervisory Board per January 1, 2015, following his resignation as Chairman of the Executive Board of Delta Lloyd. He will succeed Maarten Schönfeld who has fulfilled the role of interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board since May 2014. Reference is made to the press releases of 3 April and 16 May 2014.

Mr. Niek Hoek has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ARCADIS since 2013. He will assume his new role of Chairman of the Supervisory Board per January 1, 2015. Mr. Niek Hoek (1956) has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Delta Lloyd NV since 2001 and a member of its Executive Board since 1997. Delta Lloyd is a Dutch-based company that offers a broad variety of financial products and services including insurance, asset management and banking. Prior to joining Delta Lloyd, Mr. Hoek worked 17 years for Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands, UK, Malaysia and Uruguay. Mr. Hoek was CEO of Shell Uruguay and Chief Investment Officer of the Shell Pension Fund in The Netherlands. He has extensive financial markets and investment expertise and broad international management experience.

"I want to thank Maarten Schönfeld for fulfilling the role of interim Chairman. Under his reign, ARCADIS performed three acquisitions, adding €500 million in revenues. I look forward to working with the Executive Board to reap the benefits from these additions," said Niek Hoek, the incoming Supervisory Board Chairman.

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 & consultancy firm 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 28,000 people that generate €3 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