Experience

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  Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Agricultural Counsellor

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Tokyo, Japan

    Focus area: positioning the Dutch agri sector as an ideal partner for co-creating innovative solutions to global challenges in the field of agriculture (for example smart agriculture, innovative manure and waste management) as well as promoting market access.

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  Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

  • Senior Policy Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

    • Oct 2017 - Aug 2021

    Senior Policy Officer, cluster Market and Price Policy/European, International and Agro-economic Policy - Field of expertise: European policy development in the field of agriculture (the Common Agricultural Policy/CAP), focus area: the European support scheme for the fruit and vegetables sectors (future sectoral interventions) & marketing standards for fruit and vegetables Note: continuation of the previous role after the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality split upMain tasks:Advising on the Netherlands' priorities in negotiations with the European Commission and European Parliament and representing the Netherlands at the level of technical negotiations; Shaping and managing the national implementation of EU regulations in coordination with the relevant (administrative) authorities and stakeholders from industry; Identifying and following up on problems of implementation;Proactively maintaining contact with the European Commission, other EU Member States, representative sectoral organisations; Representing industry interests in particular in negotiations on the application of EU crisis measures in the event of market disturbances (Russian Boycot, Covid-19).

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  Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs

  • Netherlands
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Policy Officer

    • Sep 2013 - Oct 2017

    Senior Policy Officer, cluster Market and Price Policy/European, International and Agro-economic Policy - Field of expertise: European policy development in the field of agriculture (the Common Agricultural Policy/CAP), focus area: the European support scheme for the fruit and vegetables sectors & marketing standards for fruit and vegetables

  • Regional Coordinator

    • Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

    Supporting the agricultural counsellors network as regards the missions in Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and the UK. Highlight: Coordinating the parallel trade mission accompanying the State Visit of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima to Italy in 2017.

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  Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

  • The Hague

  • Policy Officer

    • Oct 2006 - Aug 2013
    • The Hague

    Policy Officer, cluster Market and Price Policy/European Agricultural and Fisheries Policies and Food Security - Field of expertise: European policy development in the field of agriculture (the Common Agricultural Policy/CAP), focus area: European regulations on specific sectors (wine, spirit drinks & olive oil) and horizontal themes of EU market policy: marketing standards and producer and interbranche organisationsHighlights2007 Reform of the EU wine regulation2011 Quality Package, negotations on marketing standards 2013 CAP reform as regards market and price policy (CMO) 2007 - 2012 Representing the Netherlands at the International Organisation for Vine and WIne (OIV) - collaboration and negotiation with the European Commission and the EU Member States on the European regulations concerned and their implementation,- supporting and working on national implementation of the EU regulations concerned (national regulation for producer and branche organisations, national regulation on wine),- maintaining contacts with representative sectoral organisations, including product boards, and, where relevant, individual market operators. Preparing and representing the position of the Netherlands with regard to the following European legislative acts: 2007 reform of the EU wine regulation, 2011 quality package (marketing standards), 2013 reform CAP/Single CMO regulation/market and price policy.

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  Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Office Manager

    • 2002 - 2006
    • Tokyo, Japan

    Administrative assistant to the Agricultural Counsellor.Embassy confidential mediator 2003-2004