Education
Master of Science in Economics, Free University Amsterdam.
Career
Senior policy advisor energy department Ministry Economic Affairs, Netherlands, 1981—1986, head division gas revenues, 1986—1988, deputy director manufacturing and heavy industry, 1988—1990, director policy division, 1990—1993, deputy director general industry, 1993—1997, director general policy coordination, 1993—1997. President, Chief Executive Officer Fokker Space BV, Leiden, Netherlands, 1997—2001. Director technical and operational support European Space Agency, Paris, 2001—2004, director operations and infrastructure, since 2004, head European Space Agency European Space Operations Center Darmstadt, Germany, since 2004.
Chairman European Space Agency Council, since 1993. Former chairman Netherlands Industrial Space Organization. Board directors Netherlands Agency Aerospace Programmes, Netherlands Aerospace Laboratory.