2021 - present    Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sofia

Previous positions and assignments

2017 - 2021         Master of Ceremonies to His Majesty the King, The Royal Household       

2013 -2017          Consul general in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam      

2012                     Civilian Representative of the Netherlands police training mission in Kunduz, Afghanistan

2010- 2011          Head of Department Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

2007-2009           Deputy director External Affairs with Fortis Bank, Brussels, Belgium

2004-2007           Netherlands Embassy in Washington, Head of Public Diplomacy and Press Department

1993- 2003          Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU in Brussels and Embassy of the Netherlands in Moscow

Education

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Master of Science in Business Administration