Leiden, The Netherlands - 7 September 1975

Career

2025-present    
Ambassador of the Netherlands to Slovenia
 
2021-2025    
 Deputy Ambassador & Head of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa

2016-2021     
Acting Head, Non Proliferation, Disarmament and Nuclear Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2012-2016    
Counsellor & (2014-2016) NL Sous-sherpa, Nuclear Security Summit - Netherlands Mission to the UN in Vienna, Austria

2010-2012    
Political affairs at the Netherlands Embassy in Madrid, Spain 

Before    
Postings at Embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Turkey and Afghanistan, Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague. The Association Européenne des Conservatoires and the Council of State. 

Education

2006        Diplomatic training for MoFA, Leiden University, The Hague 

2005         University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom – MA European Law and Policy

2001         The Hague University of Applied Sciences – BA European Studies

1998         Karl Franszens Universität Graz, Austria – International Relations (Erasmus)