WORKING EXPERIENCE

Sept 2022 – Aug 2025:
Head of Unit, Coordination & National security/ Special EnvoyCounterterrorism, Security Policy department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague.

Sept 2018 – Aug 2022:
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of theNetherlands in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sept 2014 – Feb 2018:
Senior policy officer Iran and Gulf, Department of Middle EastNorth Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague.

Aug 2012 – May 2014:
Secretary Rule of Law in Serbia and Montenegro, Embassy of TheKingdom of The Netherlands in Belgrade.

Oct 2011 – March 2012:
Private secretary to the Minister for European Affairs andInternational Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague.

July 2010 – June 2012:
Policy officer Humanitarian Aid in MENA region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague.

March 2007 – March 2010:
Research Fellow/ Project Consultant, Maastricht School of Management.

Nov 2005 – Aug 2006:
Consultant at IntEnt Foundation, The Hague.

EDUCATION

Feb 2006 – June 2007:
MSc International Development Studies (Cum Laude) University of Amsterdam, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Sept 2000 – Oct 2005:
MSc International Business Studies, University of Maastricht.

LANGUAGES
Dutch: excellent 
English: excellent 
Dari/ Farsi: mother tongue
Russian: average 
Serbo-Croatian/ Bosnian: average