Michiel van Campen joins Permits Foundation as Executive Director
26 September 2016Michiel van Campen has joined Permits Foundation as executive director this month. He is succeeding Katy van der Wilk-Carlton who has expressed a wish to work less towards her retirement and who will continue as a member of the board.
Michiel started his career at the Dutch Immigration Service, after which he joined the Dutch Foreign Service, which he served for 10 years. He has had diplomatic assignments in The Hague, at the Dutch Permanent Representation at the EU in Brussels, in Vietnam (a short assignment) and Yemen. Following this, he headed the international affairs department of the Dutch province of North-Brabant. Lately, he has worked as executive director of the Brabant-Zeeland Employers Association, the southern branch of the Dutch employers organization VNO-NCW. On a voluntary basis, he is Chairman of the supervisory committee of the International School in Breda and Secretary of the Atlantic Association in The Hague.