Koops, who lives in Schipborg, has held a variety of positions, which enabled him to bump into greats in the Dutch sports, management and music world. As chairman of the board of the Friesland College, he saw, for example, top skaters such as Sven Kramer and Rintje Ritsma, who were educated there. “When they became world champions, I had to congratulate them”, Koops jokes.
He also met Prime Minister Mark Rutte during those ‘school days’. ‘We had a good conversation with underprivileged students. Afterwards, however, it turned out to me that he was unfamiliar with the abbreviation CIOS‘ is one of the anecdotes in the book.
