• 1976-1983
  Secondary education, Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum
• 1983-1988
  Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• 1984-1991
  Dutch law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• 1995-1996
  Postgraduate specialisation in insolvency law, Nijmegen University.

• 1989-1990
  Consultant at Europe Transfer Consultants, Rotterdam
• 1991-1999
  Lawyer and insolvency practitioner at law firm AKD, Rotterdam
• 1999-2003
  Senior consultant at consultancy firm Twynstra Gudde, Amersfoort
• 2003-2005
  Nursing and care director at home care organisation Amant, Amersfoort  
• 2005-2009
  Director of the Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy (KNGF)
• 2009-2016
  Chair of the managing board of care provider Triade, Flevoland
• 2016 – January 2022
  Chair of the board of Twynstra Gudde, Amersfoort
• 10 January 2022
  Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the fourth Rutte government

• June 2019 – January 2022
  Member of the Senate for the VVD and chair of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport

Micky Adriaansens has held a range of board-level positions, including:

• 2021-2022
  Member of the board of Stichting Snippe Beheer
• 2018-2022
  Director of management and business consultancy Spalandt BV
• 2018-2022
  Member of the supervisory board of PGGM, a pension fund service provider
• 2018-2022
  Member of the supervisory board of InsingerGilissen, a private bank
• 2017-2018
  Member of the board of Stichting Papageno, an organisation that promotes music therapy for children with autism
• 2016-2020
  Member of the supervisory board of care provider Amsta
• 2012-2018
  Member of the supervisory board of mental health organisation GGNET
• 2012-2017
  Chair of Larensche Mixed Hockey Club
• 2001-2005
  Member of the supervisory board of Albert Schweitzer Hospital