Nick Bowers – President (Pembroke College Oxford)

Nick lives in The Hague with his Dutch wife Sophie-who studied at Newnham College Cambridge. During a thirty five year career in the City of London Nick held a variety of leadership positions in investment banking. He retired three years ago and moved to the Netherlands with Sophie for a new European adventure. Sophie and Nick have five children-all with dual British Dutch nationality and who are now distributed across the globe in Sweden, the USA, the U.K. and the Netherlands. Nick has chaired an African educational charity and a policy think tank-Radix. He remains on the Dutch board of Radix. Nick is interested in European politics and all sports particularly soccer-and still endeavours to run through the dunes. He hopes to use his network and experience to help the Society to continue to grow.

Nick served as President since March 2023, after many years of serving as committee member.

Ruth Eichinger – Vice President / Events Secretary (Exeter/Kellogg College, Oxford, 2015)

Originally from Austria, Ruth spent several years in the US before coming to the UK to complete a Masters degree in Immunology at Oxford. After working in research and teaching, she moved to the Netherlands in 2018 – amid Brexit uncertainties – to pursue a medical degree in the European Union. Her clinical interest in the older adults population and health policy have led her to pursue a traineeship with the European Commission focussing on health reforms post-graduation. She remains dedicated to creating a diverse events schedule for the growing alumni community, whilst also supporting the committee as Vice-President.

Stephen Maughan – Secretary (Worcester College, Oxford, 2017)

Stephen moved to the Netherlands in 2022, following his DPhil in Biophysics at Worcester College, Oxford. Originally from Newcastle, he now lives in Nijmegen, with his wife, Renee, who he met during his time in Oxford. An engineer by training, he has worked in scientific instrumentation for 14 years, and currently works remotely as a product manager for Refeyn, a company based in Oxford. In his spare time, Stephen is learning but also enjoys walking and recently completed the ‘Nijmegen 4Daagse’. As part of the committee, he will be taking over from Grace as the Secretary.

Xuan Wang – Treasurer (Wolfson College, Oxford, 2012; Exeter College, Oxford 2015; Magdalen College, Oxford 2017-2019)

Xuan came to the Netherlands in 2020 and took up an Assistant Professor of Finance position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and Lecturer at Tinbergen Institute, after reading for a D.Phil. in Financial Economics and an M.Phil. in Economics at Oxford. Xuan has previously worked as a full-time economist at the Bank of England, tutor for PPE students at Magdalen College, and MCR treasurer for Exeter College. Currently at the VU and Tinbergen Institute, Xuan teaches international finance and macroeconomics and supervises PhD and Master students. He works on macro-finance theory, particularly, inflation and bankruptcy risks of the macroeconomy. Xuan lives in Amsterdam. He enjoys yoga, meditation, calligraphy, and languages. Recently he has become a cello dabbler.

Clym Stock-Williams – Christ Church College, Oxford, 2003

After reading Physics at Oxford, Clym entered the renewable energy industry, where he has stayed ever since. Moving to the Netherlands in 2016, he lives in Alkmaar and works for Vattenfall’s offshore wind unit as Head of Operational Excellence. Outside of work, Clym spends much of his time playing the cello in various classical music groups. He’s also an occasional sailor, scuba diver and badminton player.

Vidit Jaggi – Communications and Memberships Secretary (Cambridge, Emmanuel College 2015-16)

Originally from Mumbai, Vidit Studied his MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering at Cambridge where he was also on the MCR committee as Accommodations Officer. He moved to the Netherlands in 2020, living in Groningen and working at the Emmen manufacturing site of Envalior B.V. as Improve Plant Engineer (previously DSM Engineering Materials) where he is responsible for scoping and executing projects improving safety, quality and productivity on site. Also worked previously in India and a 6 month assignment in the US. He enjoys cooking, eating out, travelling and sports (mainly tennis and football).