| Education
Gymnasium B, Heeswijk, the Netherlands, 1965 |
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| 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 |
