1993: Master's Degree in International Economic Relations and Development Economics, University of Amsterdam
1993: Master's Degree in Macro-Economics, University of Amsterdam
1991: Master's Degree in Economic and Social History, University of Amsterdam
Minors in American Studies, Latin American Studies, Public Finance and Gender Economics.
2024- 2025
Project “restructuring procedures on breaches of work ethics and safe working environment”, HR Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
2020- 2024
Strategic Advisor for Organization Development - Secretary General's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
2017- 2019
Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Southern United States - Miami/USA.
2013 - 2017
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi - Harare/Zimbabwe.
2008 - 2013
Deputy Head of Mission/ Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone - Dakar/Senegal.
2007 - 2008
Project ''Renewal of the Central Government'' (governent-wide efficiency operation), High Level Working Group on the International Function of the Government, Department of the Interior - The Hague/The Netherlands.
2004 - 2007
Regional coordinator for Africa - Aylum and Migration Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
2002 - 2003
First Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs - PermanentRepresentation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations - New York/USA.
1998 - 2002
Coordinator for the Integrated National Budget for International Cooperation (ODA and non-ODA) – Department for Financial and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
1996 - 1998
Policy Officer Africa - Political Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
1994 - 1996
Policy Officer International Financial Institutions (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank, International Monetary Fund)/Policy Officer Humanitarian Assistance to Central and Eastern Europe - Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Hague/The Netherlands.
2026 - 2028