Born on 8 February 1978 in Roosendaal, married
Party: Freedom Party (PVV)
The Netherlands needs a stable, predictable business climate. All businesses, big and small, should be able to count on government. They should see and feel that government is there for them. After all, it is entrepreneurs and businesses that provide jobs, great products and services, and innovation.
Economic affairs, including:
Macroeconomic policy
European economic policy
Innovation policy
Industry and industrial policy
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Consumer policy
Competition policy
Strategy to curb the regulatory burden; Advisory Board on Regulatory Burden (ATR)
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Digital economy and infrastructure
European structural funds
Space
Economic security
Business climate
Telecommunications, postal services, Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), ICT Services (DICTU), Chambers of Commerce, Dutch Accreditation Council
TO2 partnership between five leading institutions for applied research
Policy holdings
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs in the Schoof government
February 2019 – July 2024
Managing director, Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (national hotel and catering industry association)
July 2014 – February 2019
General manager, Novotel Amsterdam City
June 2013 – July 2014
General manager, art’otel, Amsterdam
July 2007 – May 2013
General manager, Golden Tulip Hotels & Resorts in the Netherlands
2005 – 2007
District manager, Albron Catering, De Meern
2004 – 2005
International programme manager for various hotels in Europe, RCI
2003 – 2004
General manager, Landgoed Vliek, Maastricht
2001 – 2003
Sales manager, De Beukenhof hotel and restaurant, Oegstgeest
1998 – 2001
BA in Hotel Management, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht
1995 – 1998
De Rooi Pannen catering college, Tilburg
