J. (Jaap) Smit (MA)
Personal details
date of birth: march 8, 1957
Place of residence: Oegstgeest
Marital status: married (two children)
Education
Master degree in Theology and Mass Communication/Public Relations, Utrecht University
International Executive Program, INSEAD Fontainebleau
Current position
Since 2014: King’s Commissioner in the Province of Zuid-Holland
Previous positions
2010 - 2013: Chairman National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands
2003 - 2010: Chairman Stichting Slachtofferhulp Nederland (Victim Support)
2004 - 2010: President Victim Support Europe
2001 - 2003: Senior Adviser, Andersson Elffers Felix
1994 - 2001: Management Consultant, KPMG
1992 - 1997: Preacher/minister, Heemstede
1988 - 1992: Pastor Koninklijke Landmacht (Dutch Army), Seedorf (Germany)
1984 - 1988: Preacher/minister, Ellecom en de Steeg
1979 - 1984: Teacher religion and philosophy, Leiden
Supervisory and advisory positions
Chairman of Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation in Zuid-Holland
Chairman of the Carnegie Hero Fund in the Netherlands
Deputy Chairman of National Committee for 4 and 5 May (coordinating the Netherlands’ Remembrance Day and Liberation Day events)
Chairman of the National Committee Veteran Day