Biography

Education

Gymnasium B, Heeswijk, the Netherlands, 1965
Doctoraal Philosophy (specialisation: Philosophical Logic), Utrecht University, 1977

At present
Since 2016 Chairman of the Board of the Dutch Lewis Carroll Society
Since 2014 Chairman of the Board of OPuS (Open Access Publishing Services)
Professional Experience
2009 – 2014 Director General, KB, National Library of the Netherlands
1994 – 2009 University Librarian, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
1990 – 1994 Director of Budgeting & Control and Deputy Managing Director of Utrecht University
1983 – 1990 Director of Strategic Planning, Utrecht University
1980 – 1983 Planning officer for the Executive Board of the University, Utrecht University
1977 – 1983 Policy officer, Utrecht University
Main professional Memberships:
2019 – 2023 Member of the Supervisory Board of DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)
2015 – 2023 Member of the Supervisory Board of Rotterdam Library
2012 – 2023 Chairman of the Board of OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
2009 – 2014 President of FOBID, Dutch Library Forum
2009 – 2014 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum Meermanno/House of the Book, The Hague, the Netherlands
2006 – 2010 Member of the Executive Board of the Association of European Research Libraries, LIBER
2005 – 2009 Member of the Executive Board of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, EBLIDA
2005 – 2009 Chairman of the Libraries Committee of the Dutch Council for Culture, advisory council to the Minister of Culture
1998 – 2001 Treasurer of the Dutch National Badminton Federation
1994 – 2002 Member of the Board of Trustees, Association for Social Housing (SSH), Utrecht, the Netherlands
1987 – 1991 Member of the Board of the Public Library, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands