Discussion with Karien van Gennip, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
4/18/2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Event Description
DACOR, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Women's Foreign Policy Group will host an evening discussion with Mrs. Karien van Gennip, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Government of the Netherlands. This event has limited seating - registrations for all attendees are required. The event features hors d'oeuvres and drinks.
Please see below for a summary of Mrs. van Gennip's career.
1994 and 1996-2002
McKinsey & Company, Amsterdam and San Francisco
2002-2003
Project leader for the internal reorganisation of the newly established Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), Amsterdam; appointed director in May 2003
27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007
State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the second and third Balkenende governments
30 November 2006 – 3 September 2008
Member of the House of Representatives for the CDA
2008-2020
Various executive roles at ING Groep; from October 2015, CEO ING Bank France, Paris
2020-2022
Chair of the board of directors of health insurance cooperative Coöperatie VGZ, Arnhem
10 January 2022
Appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the fourth Rutte government
5 September 2023
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the fourth Rutte Government
Education
1981-1987
Secondary education, Aloysius College, The Hague
1987-1993
Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology
1995
MBA, European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleau, France
