Treasurer of the Board of Autarkaia (the philosophy alumni association of Utrecht University)
Director General, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands)
Responsible for:
• managing the national library’s services and collection; 350 staff and an annual budget of €50 million
• coordinating the shared infrastructure of Dutch public and research libraries
• integrating responsibility for the public library network, including its digital infrastructure, into the KB
Retired on 31 December 2014
University Librarian, Utrecht University
Responsible for:
• managing all library services within the university; 280 staff and an annual budget of €20 million
• advising the Executive Board on scholarly communication
• overseeing the construction of a new library building
Acting Director, Educational Media Institute, Utrecht University
Responsible for reorganizing the institute
Head of Budgeting, Financial Analysis and Reporting; also Deputy Director of Operations at Utrecht University
Responsible for:
• renewing the university’s planning and control cycle
• preparing the university budget and allocating budgets to its units
• the annual accountability process for university units
• the university’s annual report
• a department of 16 staff
Acting Director, Faculty of Arts, Utrecht University
Responsible for the faculty’s operations
Head of Policy Planning, Utrecht University
Responsible for:
• developing the university’s strategic policy
• a department of 8 staff
Policy Officer for Higher Education and Science Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (on secondment)
Responsible for advising on university development plans
Policy Officer to the Executive Board, Utrecht University
Responsible for coordinating the annual development plan
Policy Officer, Faculty of Arts, Utrecht University
Responsible for the faculty’s policy planning
Bookkeeper, Carefa Advertising Agency, Utrecht (part-time)
Responsible for bookkeeping and the annual accounts
Assistant Accountant, Klijnveld, Kraayenhof & Co, Utrecht
Compulsory military service (Private First Class)
Degree in Philosophy (specialization: Philosophical Logic), Utrecht University
Practical Diploma in Bookkeeping
First-year Mathematics studies (no diploma), Eindhoven University of Technology
Gymnasium B (pre-university secondary education), Heeswijk
Further training in strategic planning and financial management.
Conferences and workshops on library policy, information policy and innovation.
2014 – 2026
Chair of the Board of the OPuS Foundation (Open Access Publishing Services)
2019 – 2023
Member of the Supervisory Board of DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)
2015 – 2023
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Rotterdam Library Foundation
2012 – 2023
Chair of the Board of OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
2005 – 2014
Member, and from 2011 Chair, of the Board of FOBID, Netherlands Library Forum (the national association of library organizations)
2009 – 2014
Member of the Supervisory Board of Museum Meermanno / Huis van het Boek
2010 – 2014
Member of the Board of the Letterkundig Museum
2010 – 2014
Member of the Board of the IISG Foundation (International Institute of Social History)
2010 – 2014
Member, and from 2012 Chair, of the Board of the DBNL Foundation (Digital Library for Dutch Literature)
2003 – 2012
Chair of the Board of Directors of SPARC Europe (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
2009 – 2012
Member of the General Board of the SURF Foundation
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
1996 – 1997
Chair of the Participation Council of De Pelikaan Primary School (later Het Vogelnest), Nieuwegein
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)
1987 – 1991
Member of the Board of Nieuwegein Public Library
1981 – 1985
Treasurer of the Board of the Utrecht University Newspaper Foundation
1970
Member of the University Council of Utrecht University
1971 – 1976
Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Philosophy, Utrecht University
