Jorien van den Herik

Who is Jorien van den Herik?

Jorien van den Herik is a Dutch business man and was chairman of Feyenoord Rotterdam till 2006.

Van den Herik helped Feyenoord to purchase some players in 1984 as chairman of the "Friends of Feyenoord Group". In a few years time he had invested 3 million Dutch guldens in the club. In 1989 be became president of the Stadion Feyenoord NV. When Feyenoord almost was bankrupt due to their sponsor HCS, Van den Herik claimed his position in the Feyenoord board by saying "If I lose my money, I would like to be there myself". In 1992 he became Feyenoord's chairman by taking over from Amandus Lundqvist .

In 1998 the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service visited Feyenoord because of suspected fraud. Mainly based on the signings of Aurelio Vidmar, Christian Gyan and Patrick Allotey. This became a continuous subject in the years to come with Van den Herik as the main suspect. After several visits in court Van den Herik and Feyenoord were found to be not guilty in 2002. The Attorney General however appealed, but in 2005, after three years of investigations the results stayed the same. They still did not give up and went into cassation.