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

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

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

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

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

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

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