Education
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management Science (1993-1998); Graduation summa cum laude
Career
Member of the City Council, Valkenburg aan de Geul (Netherlands) (1994-1998); Member of the House of Representatives (1998-2004); Member of the European Parliament (2004-2007); President of the Robert Schuman Institute (2006-2007); VP European People’s Party (EPP) (2006-2007); Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (2007-2010); KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Managing Director (2011-2013) then Chief Executive Officer (2013-2014); Member of the Board of Directors of American Express Global Business Travel (2015-)
Sports practised
Hockey, tennis, running, cycling, diving, table tennis
Sports administration
Chairman Dutch Olympic Flame Alliance (2011-2013)
IOC History
Chair of the Communications Commission (2015-); Member of the following Commissions: Marketing (2014-2015), International Relations (2014-2015), Finance (2014-)