Nathalie Olijslager

Nathalie Olijslager-Jaarsma is the director of the Netherland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Stabilisation and Humanitarian Assistance. Prior, she was the Program Director for the 2023 UN Water Conference and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other international organizations at Geneva. She has worked for 25 years for the government of the Netherlands, in different positions and as a diplomat in South Africa, Hungary and the USA. She is particularly experienced in connecting different fields of experience and knowledge and bringing people from these different fields together, for example development cooperation and trade, NGO’s and the private sector.