Jan Kornelis van Oord retired in 2017 as deputy manager director of the Van Oord family holding and investment company MerweOord BV. The parent family business was established 155 years ago. Before entering the family holding company he had a career in shipping, shipbuilding and transport. He held supervisory board positions in family businesses, and was board member and chairman of a NGO for many years. Presently he is Chairman of two BCorp impact investment funds.