Education
- Pre-university education
- Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (not completed)
Career
- Member of city district council for VVD Kralingen-Crooswijk, municipalityof Rotterdam 1992-1998
- Communication consultant, BIKKER Communication, Rotterdam 1997-2000
- Member and vice-chairman of the board, VVD 1999-2005
- Communication consultant, Dröge&Van Drimmelen, The Hague 2000-2004
- Member of city council for VVD, municipality of Rotterdam 2002-2007
- Head of Communication, Knowledge Centre for Large Cities/NICIS Institute 2004-2006
- Political assistant to Minister Zalm of Finance 2006-2007
- Alderman (economy, seaport and environment), municipality of Rotterdam 2007-2009
