Frits van Eerd

Godefridus Franciscus Theodorus "Frits" van Eerd (born 25 March 1967) is a Dutch entrepreneur and racing driver. He was the general manager of Jumbo Groep Holding BV from 2002 to September 2022. As a racing driver, he won the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 Pro/Am category and co-founded Racing Team Nederland.

Education and professional career Van Eerd studied business administration in Utrecht and the United States. In 1992, he joined Jumbo, the family business founded by his father, Karel van Eerd. He started his career as a product manager of the bread department and later became supermarket manager. In 1996, he became general manager at Jumbo and in 2002 he was appointed general manager.

Criminal investigation and resignation from Jumbo In September 2022, van Eerd was involved in a large-scale money laundering investigation. The FIOD raided his home and the Jumbo head office in Veghel, The FIOD found €448,000 in cash, part of which hidden in a plastic bag in a refrigerator, mainly in five-hundred-euro banknotes. Van Eerd was arrested and interrogated for five days. He was suspected of accepting bribes, issuing false invoices and engaging in ‘habitual money laundering’; the frequent money laundering that it became a habit.

Racing career Racing Team Nederland Oreca 07 at WEC 4 Hours of Silverstone 2019. In addition to his business career, van Eerd was active in motorsport. He started racing in Formula Renault in 1993 and became Benelux champion in 1996. He also participated in rallies, including the Dakar Rally, and founded Racing Team Nederland in 2017, which participated in the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2019, his team won the 6 Hours of Fuji. In 2021, van Eerd won the FIA WEC championship in the LMP2 Pro/Am category.

Career summary † As Van Eerd was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Racing Team Nederland Rubens Barrichello Jan Lammers Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 344 13rd 11th 2018 Racing Team Nederland Giedo van der Garde Jan Lammers Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 356 11th 7th 2019 Racing Team Nederland Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 340 26th 15th 2020 Racing Team Nederland Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 349 19th 15th 2021 Racing Team Nederland Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 356 16th 11th LMP2 Pro-Am 2nd