Bio

All different - All Equal 🏳️‍🌈 Michiel is a seasoned executive with a specific interest in innovation, technology and digitization and broad experience in academics, the private sector and the government. Michiel van der Veen is Director Innovation at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (National Office for Identity Data) in the Netherlands. From 2008-2018, Michiel was Chief Executive Officer of priv-ID and GenKey, respectively, providing digital solutions for governments in developing countries. He led GenKey through multiple stages of growth to become one of the most trusted brands in the market. Starting his career from 2000-2008, he held several technical and leadership positions within Philips Electronics, and received the Distinguished Employee Award and the Entrepreneurship Award. Michiel has a MSc in Geophysics from Utrecht University, a Ph.D from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and further business education from Stanford. Feel free to connect, Let’s talk! *views are my own