Education

Gymnasium B; European School Luxemburg, 1965

Royal Conservatory of Music The Hague, 1965 – ۱۹۶۷

Leiden University, Faculty of Law, International Law, LL.M., 1973

Languages

Dutch, German, English, French, Italian (spoken)

Professional Experience

Netherlands Foreign Service 1973 – ۲۰۰۸

Belgrade (Third Secretary) 1973 – ۱۹۷۵

New Delhi (Second Secretary) 1975 – ۱۹۷۸

Accra (First Secretary, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.) 1978 – ۱۹۸۰

Vienna (Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Talks) 1980 – ۱۹۸۳

The Hague (Deputy Director Atlantic Co-operation and Security Affairs Department) 1983 – ۱۹۸۸

Munich (Consul-General) 1988 – ۱۹۹۰

The Hague (Deputy Director General Political Affairs, Ambassador at Large)

۱۹۹۰ – ۱۹۹۳

Tel Aviv (Ambassador) 1993 – ۱۹۹۷

Rome (Ambassador) 1997 – ۲۰۰۱

Paris (Ambassador) 2001 – ۲۰۰۶

Washington (Ambassador) 2006 – ۲۰۰۸

Secretary-General Permanent Court of Arbitration 2008 – ۲۰۱۱

Secretary-General Iran-United States Claims Tribunal 2012 – present