Contact details for the press officers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate for members of the media only.
If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form or telephone 1400 (Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 20.00). If you are calling from outside the Netherlands, please dial +31 70 214 02 14.
Spokespersons Minister Herbert

Laura Kwakernaak
Absent from august 15 to august 22
+31 6 15 37 25 67
l.kwakernaak@minezk.nl
- Business climate
- Large enterprises
- Macroeconomics
- Labor productivity
- National Growth Fund

Harald Hanemaaijer
Absent from july 20 to august 17
+31 6 15 94 90 16
h.hanemaaijer@minezk.nl
- Innovation and technology
- Economic security and strategic autonomy
- EU economic policy and competitiveness
- Market functioning and competition
- Consumer policy

Vera van Aller
Absent from july 24 to august 7 and from august 20 to august 28
+31 6 11 79 70 64
v.e.vanaller@minezk.nl
- Industry and industry policy
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Startups and scale-ups
- Financing and subsidy schemes (including National Investment Institution)
- Regulatory barriers
Spokespersons Minister Van Veldhoven-van der Meer

Pieter ten Bruggencate
Absent from august 3 to august 21
+31 6 29 66 04 31
j.h.p.tenbruggencate@minezk.nl
- Climate policy
- Climate and energy policy EU
- Fossil fuels (including phase-out)

Femmy Barends
Absent on Fridays
Absent from july 10 to august 30
+ 31 6 50 16 45 15
f.f.barends@minezk.nl
- Decarbonisation policy industry
- Tailor-made agreements with industry
- Circularity
Sonja van der Graaf
Absent on Mondays
Absent from july 29 to august 18
+31 6 31984456
s.e.vandergraaf@minezk.nl
- Renewable energy
- Consumers
- Subsidies
Spokespersons Minister De Bat

Tim van Dijk
Absent from june 29 to july 23
+31 6 15 19 49 58
t.vandijk@minezk.nl
- Power grids (including tackling grid congestion)
- Permits for mining

Remco Rous
Absent on Mondays
Absent from august 14 to august 22
+31 6 31 13 74 66
r.rous@minezk.nl
- Nuclear energy
- Permits for energy-infrastructure projects
- Implementation tailored-made agreements
Spokespersons Minister Aerdts

Milan Captein
Absent from august 17 to august 28
+316 11 86 73 24
m.j.r.captein@minezk.nl
- Digital economy and -infrastructure
- Digital sovereignty
- Digital resilience

Joppe Lieth
Absent from august 31 to september 20
+ 31 6 57 20 03 43
j.m.lieth@minezk.nl
- Digital government policy
- Social media policy
- Children’s rights online
- Online disinformation
- Digital accessibility