C.V. in English       (Nederlandse versie)

After completion of my secondary school ("MULO-B") in 1970 I studied at a technical college ("HTS") and received my Bachelors degree in chemical engineering in 1975. At the same time I completed an evening study in mathematics ("MO-A"). In those days I was also actively engaged in a left wing student organisation, in which I was vice chairman in 1973-74. In those days I had quite some fun in activities which occasionally enfuriated some politicians to quite an extent. After this period I continued studying Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics at the Amsterdam University (1977-1979). However, I broke off this study, and decided to apply for a job when the unemployment suddenly rose dramatically in the late 70-ties.

At the 1st March 1980 I joined Shell (at the site in Amsterdam). From 1980-86 I worked in a group dealing with high temperature thermodynamic modelling and metal processing. In the years 1986-89 I was in an exploratory research group. My subjects concentrated on energy storage in all conceivable forms. From 1989 till 2002 I worked within groups dealing mainly with engineering problems. The main emphasis of my work is in gasification (oil and coal gasification).
Since 1998 a shift has occurred within the part of Shell in which I am working away from R&D work towards more technical service oriented work.
However, since 1/2/2002 I am working again in a department which is mainly active in the field of R&D and innovation. This implies that I am back again in an environment where my heart lies: An explorative environment.

Activities in society: From 1982 on I am active as a trade union member at the Amsterdam Shell site ("FNV bondgenoten"). At this moment I am vice chairman of this trade union group at the Shell Amsterdam location.
I also have been engaged within Shell with discussions on the climate change issue since 1995.

Hobbies: My greatest passion on travelling by foot through rugged (mountainous) areas. In addition I climb mountains. Photography is my second hobby.