Alexander van den Bosch has been appointed as the new Director of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP). He succeeds Kathrin Obst, who took on a position at the European Commission, DG MOVE in April, ESPO said in its press release.
Alexander van den Bosch has been working for more than thirteen years in EU policy-making and advocacy in Brussels. Over the last six years, Mr van den Bosch has worked as EU representative for the Province of Zuid-Holland (NL), a strong transport region. In that capacity, he has also been involved in the setting-up of the European network CLINSH (Clean Inland Shipping).
Before that, he was representing the Urban Network Brabantstad in Brussels, after having served for three years as policy advisor in the European Parliament. He studied at the Dutch Institute for Public administration (Thorbecke Academy), at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and at the College of Europe in Bruges. Alexander is Dutch, is fluent in English and French, and speaks good German and some Polish.
Alexander van den Bosch will be working at the EFIP Secretariat, which is based in Brussels and has a joint office with the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). He will take up his new position on 1 September.