Information for the press
Contact details for the press officers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate 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
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
- Economic security and strategic autonomy
- EU economic policy and competitiveness
- Market functioning and competition
- Consumer policy
Vera van Aller
+31 6 11 79 70 64
v.e.vanaller@minezk.nl
- Industry and industry policy
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Startups and scale-ups
- Financing and subsidy schemes (including National Investment Institution)
- Regulatory barriers
Spokespersons Minister Van Veldhoven-van der Meer
Pieter ten Bruggencate
+31 6 29 66 04 31
j.h.p.tenbruggencate@minezk.nl
- Climate policy
- Climate and energy policy EU
- Fossil fuels (including phase-out)
Femmy Barends
Absent on Fridays
+ 31 6 50 16 45 15
f.f.barends@minezk.nl
- Decarbonisation policy industry
- Tailor-made agreements with industry
- Circularity
Estelle Cool
+31 6 29 63 92 52
e.c.cool@minezk.nl
- Sustainable energy and district heating networks
- Energy subsidy schemes
- Retail energy market
Esther Luijk
+31 6 15 44 94 87
e.luijk@minezk.nl
- Hydrogen
Spokespersons Minister De Bat
Tim van Dijk
+31 6 15 19 49 58
t.vandijk@minezk.nl
- Power grids (including tackling grid congestion)
- Permits for mining
Remco Rous
Absent on Mondays
+31 6 27 91 89 15
r.rous@minezk.nl
- Nuclear energy
- Permits for energy-infrastructure projects
- Implementation tailored-made agreements
Spokespersons Minister Aerdts
Milan Captein
Absent on Fridays
+316 11 86 73 24
m.j.r.captein@minezk.nl
- Digital economy and -infrastructure
- Digital sovereignty
- Digital resilience
Joppe Lieth
+ 31 6 57 20 03 43
j.m.lieth@minezk.nl
- Digital government policy
- Social media policy
- Children’s rights online
- Online disinformation
- Digital accessibility
