Born 6-6-1970 in The Hague, The Netherlands

Studies

• 1989-1995: Business Economics, Maastricht University
• 2002: Industrial Organization, post graduate, University of Amsterdam
• 2006: European Competition Law, post graduate, University of Leiden
• 2012: Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

Career

• 1995-1998: Consultant, Andersen Consulting
• 1998-2000: Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• 2000-2004: Deputy Head and later Head of the Liberalization and Deregulation Program, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• 2004-2006: Member of the Management Team, Competition Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• 2006-2012: Deputy-director of the Netherlands Consumer Authority
• 2012-2015: Director of Policy and Communications, Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets.
• 2015-2019: Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Panama
• 2019-2020: Renewable energy diplomat, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• 2020-present: Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the 13 westernmost states of the US, based in San Francisco

Dirk is married to Renee van Leeuwen, together they have 2 teenage sons.

See the curriculum vitae of consul-general Janssen on rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch).