Jolande Sap is chair of the Social Impact Team that advises the Dutch government on the social impact of pandemics and disruptive crises. The Social Impact Team published an advice on the social impact of long covid in June 2023 (MIT-advies Maatschappelijke gevolgen van long covid | Rapport | Rijksoverheid.nl)
Furthermore Jolande is an independent director that dedicates herself to making the business world and society at large more sustainable. She is currently the chair of the Board of the Dutch Emissions Authority, non-executive director of Renewi, member of the Supervisory Board of Royal KPN N.V. and member of SAAT Triodos Bank. She is also chairing the Smoke free table of the Dutch National Prevention Agreement and the board of the Springtij Forum and is board member of the Impact Economy Foundation.
Between 2008 and 2012, Jolande represented the Dutch Green Party, GroenLinks, in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, leading the party from 2010. Before that she worked as an economist in the fields of science, policy and business. She was, among other things, head of the Incomes Policy department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and director of the LEEFtijd center of expertise, a consultancy for sustainable employment issues. Jolande graduated from the Tilburg University in economics.
