Micky Adriaansens
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands
Born on 1 March 1964 in Schiedam, married, 2 children
Party: People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Education
1976-1983
Secondary education, Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum
1983-1988
Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
1984-1991
Dutch law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
1995-1996
Postgraduate specialisation in insolvency law, Nijmegen University.
Career
1989-1990
Consultant at Europe Transfer Consultants, Rotterdam
1991-1999
Lawyer and insolvency practitioner at law firm AKD, Rotterdam
1999-2003
Senior consultant at consultancy firm Twynstra Gudde, Amersfoort
2003-2005
Nursing and care director at home care organisation Amant, Amersfoort
2005-2009
Director of the Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy (KNGF)
2009-2016
Chair of the managing board of care provider Triade, Flevoland
2016 – January 2022
Chair of the board of Twynstra Gudde, Amersfoort
10 January 2022
Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the fourth Rutte government
Party political positions and outside activities
June 2019 – January 2022
Member of the Senate for the VVD and chair of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport
Micky Adriaansens has held a range of board-level positions, including:
2021-2022
Member of the board of Stichting Snippe Beheer
2018-2022
Director of management and business consultancy Spalandt BV
2018-2022
Member of the supervisory board of PGGM, a pension fund service provider
2018-2022
Member of the supervisory board of InsingerGilissen, a private bank
2017-2018
Member of the board of Stichting Papageno, an organisation that promotes music therapy for children with autism
2016-2020
Member of the supervisory board of care provider Amsta
2012-2018
Member of the supervisory board of mental health organisation GGNET
2012-2017
Chair of Larensche Mixed Hockey Club
2001-2005
Member of the supervisory board of Albert Schweitzer Hospital
