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