Curriculum
vitae.

Education, current roles, work experience and board positions.

Current roles.

Since 2025

Treasurer of the Board of Autarkaia (the philosophy alumni association of Utrecht University)

Since 2023

Since 2016

Work experience.

2009 – 2014

Director General, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands)

1994 – 2009

University Librarian, Utrecht University

1990 – 1994

Head of Budgeting, Financial Analysis and Reporting; also Deputy Director of Operations at Utrecht University

1983 – 1990

Head of Policy Planning, Utrecht University

1977 – 1983

Policy Officer, Utrecht University

Education.

1977

Degree in Philosophy (specialization: Philosophical Logic), Utrecht University

1969

Practical Diploma in Bookkeeping

1965

Gymnasium B (pre-university secondary education), Heeswijk

Board positions.

2014 – 2026
Chair of the Board of the OPuS Foundation (Open Access Publishing Services)

2019 – 2023
Member of the Supervisory Board of the DOAB Foundation (Directory of Open Access Books)

2015 – 2023
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Rotterdam Library Foundation

2012 – 2023
Chair of the Board of the Stichting OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)

2009 – 2014
Member of the Supervisory Board of Museum Meermanno / Huis van het Boek

2010 – 2014
Member of the Board of the Letterkundig Museum

2009 – 2012
Member of the Executive Board of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)

2005 – 2009
Member of the Executive Committee of EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations)

2005 – 2009
Chair of the Libraries Committee of the Council for Culture

1994 – 2002
Member of the Supervisory Board of SSH (Stichting Sociale Huisvesting Utrecht)

1998 – 2001
Treasurer of the Dutch Badminton Association

1991 – 1994
Chair of Stichting STUW Utrecht; following a merger, member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Plaverijn Utrecht (services for people with intellectual disabilities)

The full story.

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