About the Author

Work career:

* 1970-1978 assistant professor private international law, Leiden Law School

* 1978-1982 adviser for legislation, Ministry of Justice, The Hague

* 1982-2003 Senior Counsel, successively General  Counsel Chemicals, Gas & Coal and Oil Products at Shell International The Hague & London 

* 2003-2014 Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary, Royal KPN Telecommunications N.V.

* Member / Chair of various legal bodies, i.a. Netherlands Standing Committee on Private International Law,  Netherlands Arbitration Institute (Chair), Netherlands Association of Corporate Counsel (Chair)

* 2014 - ... author of seven novels, a biography and miscellaneous stories  

Ambition: continue until the light upstairs starts fading ...