Name

Jack R. Twiss Quarles van Ufford, Esquire

Date of birth

24th June 1960

Family

Spouse – Janet H. Anderson (British citizen), daughter – Claire

Education

1986 University of Amsterdam: Master’s Social Anthropology, cum laude

Previous positions

2022 Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Lithuania

2016 – 2022 Director of Intelligence, General Intelligence and Security Services (AIVD)

2011 - 2016 Foreign Policy and Defence Advisor to the Prime Minister

2009 – 2011 Head of the Netherlands Representative Office Ramallah, Palestinian Territories

2006 – 2009 Head of the Political Section Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC, USA

2003 - 2006 Private Secretary to the Minister for Development Cooperation

2002 - 2003 Speechwriter for Minister of Foreign Affairs on OSCE Chairmanship in Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998 – 2002 First Secretary, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Since 1990 working for Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving among others in UN Department, Communication Department and in Lagos, Nigeria.