Background
Burlet was born on January 5, 1957 in Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands; the son of Hubert Jean Burlet and Maria (Abeelen) Burlet.
Burlet was born on January 5, 1957 in Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands; the son of Hubert Jean Burlet and Maria (Abeelen) Burlet.
Burlet studied at Graaf Huyn College from 1969 to 1975. In 1996, he earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Somerset University.
Burlet began his career as a project manager at DSM in 1980. Nine years later he took a position of a business unit manager at Reko Re-Tech, where he was responsible for the development of new recycling businesses. Then in 1993, Ruud became a managing director at Rubber Resources B.V., where he worked until 2016.
In 1996, he was appointed Chairman of Samenwerkende Industrieterreinen Maastricht, where he worked until 2012. Also Burlet served as president of European activities at Elgi Rubber Company Limited from 2011 to 2016. In 2013, he became a member of the supervisory board at Stichting Beheer Tophandbal Zuid-Limburg. Since 2016 Ruud is the owner of Burbuss.
In January 2019, Burlet was designated as the leader for the 2019 Provincial Council elections in Limburg.
Burlet was a founding member of the board of European Tyre Recycling Association from 1995 to 2006.
Ruud Burlet is married to Marga Angela Maria Knöpker. They have three children.