Curriculum Vitae

Born on August 7, 1973, in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. 

Education

1999 University of Amsterdam: Political Science / International Relations

1997 University of Amsterdam: Law / International Law

1992 University of Amsterdam: French Language and Literature, propaedeutic year

Career

2025 Ambassador Designate of the Netherlands to the Republic of Azerbaijan

2020 – 2025 Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Netherlands in Madrid, Spain

2016 - 2020 Head of the Human Rights and Political-Legal UN Affairs Department, Directorate of Multilateral Institutions and Human Rights, The Hague

2012 - 2016 Head of the Cluster EU Institutions, Directorate for European Integration, The Hague

2008-2012 Legal Advisor, Dutch Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels

2003-2008 Legal Advisor on European Law, Directorate for Legal Affairs and
Directorate for European Integration, The Hague (including the team on the referendum on the European Constitution and the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon)

2003 Legal Advisor, Environmental Legal Aid Bureau, Hoorn

1998-2003 Assistant in training (dissertation preparation) / Lecturer in European and International Law, University of Amsterdam

Various publications in the field of EU law.

Married, has three children.