Birthdate and place:  17 november 1964 in Amersfoort

Positions

2026 - present Ambassador in Beijing, China

2022 - 2026 Ambassador in Ankara, Türkiye

2019 - 2022 Director General for Policy, Ministry of Defence

2015 - 2019  Ambassador in Rome, Italy

2011 - 2015  Director for Security Policy

2009 - 2011  Ambassador in Vilnius, Lithuania

2009 (Feb-Aug)  Civil Representative, Task Force Uruzgan, Afghanistan

2005 - 2009  Deputy Head of Mission in Budapest, Hungary

2002 - 2005  Deputy Director for Political Affairs

1999 - 2002  Western Balkans Coordinator (Europe Department, South-East and Eastern Europe department)

Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 and served in Zagreb and at the headquarters (Atlantic Cooperation and Security Department and Europe Department).

Education

1991 - 1992 Military service: lecturer in law, Royal Netherlands Naval College, Den Helder

1991 Law, Leiden University

1984  Secondary Education (Atheneum)