Founder of Doorakkeren BV, Derk J. Haank is a Netherlands; Dutch businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies and is Chief Executive Officer of Springer Nature and Chairman-Supervisory Board at TomTom International BV. Mr. Haank is also Manager of Springer Science+Business Media LLC and on the board of 9 other companies.

Mr. Haank previously occupied the position of CEO & Member-Supervisory Board at Springer Nature Deutschland GmbH, Chief Executive Officer of Springer-Verlag GmbH, Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier BV and Research Manager at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Mr. Haank received a graduate degree from the University of Amsterdam.