The ambassador

Curriculum Vitae of the ambassador of the Netherlands Embassy in Dublin.

Portret Adriaan Palm


Name:           PALM, Drs Willem Adriaan Cornelis (Adriaan)     
Born:             3 March 1965 in Amstelveen, The Netherlands        

Study
1989   Business Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Career
2019 - now           Ambassador, Netherlands Embassy, Dublin

2018 - 2019         Strategic Policy Advisor, Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

2016 - 2018         Ambassador, Special Representative for Europe and the Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

2016 - 2016         Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Netherlands Embassy, Warsaw

2012 - 2015         Deputy Head of Mission, Netherlands Embassy, Warsaw

2009 - 2012         Counsellor, Head of the Political Section, Netherlands Embassy, Moscow

2005 - 2009         Head of East Asia Division, Asia and Oceania Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

2003 - 2005        EU Presidency Co-ordinator, Political Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

1997 - 2000        First Secretary, Netherlands Embassy, Kiev

1994 - 1997        Policy Advisor, Economic Co-operation Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

1992 - 1994        Third Secretary, Netherlands Embassy, Manila

Speaks: Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian