Wouter van Twiller (May 22, 1606 – buried August 29, 1654) was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the fourth Director of New Netherland.

He governed from 1632[1] until 1638, succeeding Peter Minuit, who was recalled by the Dutch West India authorities in Amsterdam for unknown reasons.

[2] He was appointed to the position because he had made two voyages to the New Netherland colony before, and had been a clerk in the warehouse of the Dutch West India company in Amsterdam for nearly five years.

Largely through Van Rensselaer's influence the Dutch West India Company chose him as the new Director-General of New Netherlands,[4] and he set sail for New Amsterdam, which was little more than a trading post, in the ship De Zoutberg in 1633.

During the voyage across the Atlantic Twiller managed to capture a Spanish Caravel and docked the prize safely in the harbor by Fort Amsterdam.