Career:
July 2023 – Present: Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
May 2014 – present: Political Advisor (reserve) 1 German/Netherlands Army Corps
July 2019 – June 2023: Deputy Head of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vietnam
November 2015 – July 2019: Deputy Head of Political Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Romania
July 2013 – October 2015: Senior Security Policy Advisor – Crisis Management and Peacekeeping Operations, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2011 – July 2013: Senior Legal Advisor, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2007 – July 2011: Diplomat – Justice & Home Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Romania
July 2004 – July 2007: Diplomat – Economic, Commercial & Social Security Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Germany
January 2001 – July 2004: Legal Advisor - Consular Department, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 1998 – December 2000: Consultant – International Assignment Services/ Employee Benefits, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Education background:
1990 – 1996: Master of Laws – LLM, Administrative and Environmental Law, Maastricht University
2003: International Relations and National Security Studies, The Clingendael Institute
2014: Civil – Military Cooperation, NATO School Oberammergau