Kees van der Burg was born in 1969 in Gorinchem. He studied Public Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Kees chose as his specialisation Financial Economic Management.

In 1991, he started his career at the Ministry of Finance, where he fulfilled various positions such as Head of Division, after which he started working at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in 2002 as Deputy Director of the Financial Economic Department. In 2005, Kees was appointed as Director of the Social Support Department, and from 2009, he also was Deputy Director-General of Youth and Social Care. In 2011, Kees became Director of Long-term Care as well as Deputy Director-General of Long-term Care. On 1 September 2014, Kees started as Director-General of Long-Term Care. From this position, he was closely involved in the restructuring of Dutch healthcare.

As of 1 September 2019, Kees van der Burg started as Director-General of Mobility at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (DGMo). DGMo aims to further develop the network quality of the rail and road network as well as to ensure its safe and sustainable use by passengers and the transport sector. This contributes to the economic and spatial development of the Netherlands within the conditions of livability and safety.

Session

• Ministers’ Round Table: Transport and climate change: Moving forward from COP29

          Wednesday 21 May, 15:30 – 17:00