• Function: Senior Policy Advisor
• Company: Solidaridad

Gert is responsible for EU advocacy at Solidaridad Europe, with a focus on the EUDR. Solidaridad is an international development organization working throughout the whole supply chain to enable farmers and workers to earn a decent income and produce in balange with nature. Solidaridad works with 1,200 people in 45 countries across the globe, including in the major oil palm producing countries.
Gert graduated as development economist. Before joining Solidaridad in 2009, he worked 20 years in Dutch agriculture, including for the Dutch ministry of agriculture, as policy officer Innovation Policy. He coordinated the Solidaridad global Soy programme as well as the Solidaridad work on Livestock & Leather.