| 1973 |
AMRO-bank, Legal Service, Amsterdam |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Military service Royal Netherlands Air Force (Reserve Officer) |
| June 1976 - Oct. 1978 |
Third Secretary Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta |
| Nov. 1978 - Dec. 1982 |
First Secretary Netherlands Permanent Representation to the OECD,
Paris |
| Jan. 1983 - Dec. 1984 |
Desk Officer Multilateral Development
Co-operation, Financing and Macro-economic Policies Division; Ministry of Foreign
Affairs |
| Jan. 1985 - April 1988 |
Head Budget and Financial Studies Division at OECD, Paris (secondment) |
| April 1988 - Dec. 1992 |
Counsellor Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European
Union, Brussels |
| Jan. 1993 - Sept.1999 |
Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Mr. Van den Broek, Member of the
European Commission, Brussels |
| Sept.1999 - Aug.2000 |
Deputy Special Co-ordinator, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe,
Brussels |
| Sept.2000 - Sept. 2001 |
Director European Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Sept. 2001- Dec. 2003 |
Deputy Director-General European
Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Jan. 2004 – onwards |
Director of the Private Office
of the Secretary General of NATO |