Experience:

Head of Division Digital and Hybrid Threats
Security Policy Dep, Min. of Foreign Affairs (MFA(| Sep 2024

Head of International Cyber Policy Taskforce
Security Policy Dep. MFA | Aug 2021 – Aug 2024

Head of Corona Vaccination Programme
MFA l Jan 2021 – Jul 2021

Deputy Head of the Migration Policy Bureau
MFA | Aug 2018 – Dec 2020

Deputy Ambassador at NL embassy in Amman – Jordan
MFA | Aug 2014 – Jul 2018

Senior Policy Officer (Palestine)
Middle East Department – MFA
Aug 2010 – Jul 2014

Policy Officer
Human Rights Department – MFA | Aug 2008 – Jul 2010

Second Secretary
NL Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand – MFA | Jan 2005 – Jul 2008

Policy Advisor
Environmental Department – MFA | May 2002 – Dec 2004

Junior Professional Officer
UN-ILO, Regional Office for Arab States, Lebanon | Apr 2001 – Apr 2002

Junior Professional Officer
UNIFEM, Regional Office for Arab States, Jordan | Dec 1998 – Mar 2001

Policy Officer
BILANCE (Dutch Organisation for Development Cooperation), The Netherlands | Jan 1998 – Dec 1998

Researcher
HIVOS/NOVIB, Cambodian Research Center – Mali, Cambodia | Jan 1995 – Dec 1997

Education:

Open University UK – Faculty of Religious Studies
Certificate of Higher Education: Islam in the West (2007)

Radboud University Nijmegen
Doctoral degree: Centre for International Development Issues (1994)

Radboud University Nijmegen
Propaedeutic degree: Anthropology (1989)