Micky Adriaansens

‘The Netherlands has a strong economy, but we can’t take this prosperity for granted. It’s my task to ensure that our economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. And I want our country to remain an attractive place in which to do business.’

Micky Adriaansens
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

Born on 1 March 1964 in Schiedam, married, 2 children
Party: People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)

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

Micky Adriaansens

Micky AdriaansensMinister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

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Micky Adriaansens
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy