Hendrica Wilhelmina Petronella Maria Agatha "Herna" Verhagen (born 1966) [1] is a Dutch business executive and the CEO of PostNL from 2012 to 15 April 2025. [2] Verhagen is one of two women leading publicly listed companies in the Netherlands. [3]
In 2020, Verhagen was appointed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to join a group of experts to support his work in a reflection process to further strengthen NATO's political dimension. [4]
Verhagen has a master's degree in Law from Nijmegen University, and a master's degree in Human Resources from Tilburg University. [5]