Ton Elias

Committees

• Procedure Committee
• Finance
• Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
• Social Affairs and Employment
• Spatial Planning, Housing and the Environment
• Education, Culture and Science
• Economic Affairs

Education

• Pre-university education (VWO Atheneum), 1976
• 'Kandidaats' examination, Poltical Science (University of Amsterdam), 1983
• International executive prgramme (AEGON University, Fontainbleau, France), focusing on strategy, leadership and synergy in the financial sector

Career

• Folia Civitatis (University of Amsterdam Newspaper), editor-in-chief 1977-1982
• NOS/Den Haag (current affairs programme), editor/reporter, 1982-1989
• TV 10, 1989-1990
• Freelance journalist (incl. Parool newspaper and RTL), 1990-1995
• Aegon (Director of Communication), 1995-2000
• Director, Elias Communicatie, 2000-2006
• Director, Elias Advies, 2000-present