Information for the press

Contact details for the press officers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy for members of the media only.

If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form or telephone 1400 (Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 20.00). If you are calling from outside the Netherlands, please dial +31 70 214 02 14.

Spokespersons Minister Herbert and Minister Aerdts

Laura Kwakernaak

+31 6 15 37 25 67
l.kwakernaak@minezk.nl

  • Business climate
  • Large enterprises
  • Macroeconomics
  • Labor productivity
  • National Growth Fund

Harald Hanemaaijer

+31 6 15 94 90 16
h.hanemaaijer@minezk.nl

  • Innovation and technology
  • Digital economy and - infrastructure
  • EU economic policy
  • Market functioning and competition
  • Consumer policy

Milan Captein 

+316 11 86 73 24
m.j.r.captein@minezk.nl

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
  • Industry (Policy)
  • Regulatory barriers
  • Financing (including Invest-NL)
  • Economic Security

Spokespersons Minister Van Veldhoven-van der Meer and Minister De Bat

Pieter ten Bruggencate 

+31 6 29 66 04 31
j.h.p.tenbruggencate@minezk.nl

  • Climate
  • Climate and energy EU policy
  • Wind energy and heat

Femmy Barends 

Absent on Fridays

+ 31 6 50 16 45 15
f.f.barends@minezk.nl

  • Industry
  • Hydrogen
  • Mining

Tim van Dijk

+31 6 15 19 49 58
t.vandijk@minezk.nl

  • Energy
  • Power grid
  • Nuclear energy

Corporate spokesperson

Milou van Leeuwen 

Absent on Wednesdays

+31 6 29 65 88 01
m.vanleeuwen@minezk.nl 

  • Corporate affairs