Hester Alberdingk Thijm is in daily life director at the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, the companies’ collection of AkzoNobel. She also functions in boards for, among others, de Ateliers, Het Fries Museum, the Virtual Museum en the Stichting Niet Normaal/Ja Natuurlijk. She also advises the Mondriaan Stichting and the VBCN.