MJ
Mark Jacobs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Director International Trade Policy and Market Regulation
Description
Mark Jacobs is currently director of the department International Trade Policy and Market Regulation (IMH) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. IMH focuses on international trade and investment policies, export controls for strategic goods, and responsible business conduct.
Mark has over 20 years of experience in governmental affairs, working at different ministries in the Dutch Government (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment). While spending most of his time working on international financial and economic regulatory matters in the framework of the EU and WTO, he also gained extensive knowledge of the Dutch labour market after several positions at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. His last position before being transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was Acting Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Mark holds a masters degree in public international law, specializing on international trade, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Part of his studies, he spent in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Loading