Frank Heemskerk
 Frank Heemskerk     (politician, banker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 July 1969 Haarlem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Dutch Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spokesperson for the World Bank. State secretary for Economical affairs. Secretary General of the European Round Table of Industrialists
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Frank Heemskerk is a Dutch banker turned politician. After attending the 2007 Bilderberg meeting as Minister for Foreign Trade, he worked for the World Bank and the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Education
Heemskerk studied economics at the University of Amsterdam.
Career
Mr. Heemskerk started his career in 1995 at the bank ABN AMRO, where he has held various positions until 2003. He also got involved in the social-democratic renewal movement Niet Nix.[1]
In the 2003 elections Heemskerk was elected to the House of Representatives. In parliament he specialized in the relationship between market and government and with the "reform" of the health care system. During the 2006 elections Heemskerk was not reelected.[2]
Heemskerk was from 2007 to 2010 as Minister for Foreign Trade of the Netherlands. During this period he was also responsible for the Post, Telecom&ICT, Consumer Policy and Tourism.
From 1 April 2013 to 1 December 2018, he was director at the World Bank.[3]
Since november 2018, Heemskerk has been a guest lecturer in Geo-Economics at Leiden University.[4][5]
From 1 January 2019, he was secretary-general of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT),[6] until 2024.[7]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2007 | 31 May 2007 | 3 June 2007 | Turkey Istanbul | The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100318060349/http://www.bnr.nl/artikel/14411713/heemskerk-niet-terug-kamer
- ↑ http://www.pzc.nl/algemeen/binnenland/article1128188.ece
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150206132457/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2012/10/26/kandidaat-bewindvoerder-wereldbank.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203811/https://www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2019/11/guest-lecture-ambassador-ron-keller
- ↑ https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/frank-heemskerk#tab-1
- ↑ https://ert.eu/documents/frank-heemskerk-appointed-new-secretary-general-of-the-european-round-table-of-industrialists/
- ↑ https://ert.eu/documents/heemskerk-to-move-to-asml/
