Michiel Krijvenaar, has been a senior lobbyist and public affairs consultant for over 20 years and as an entrepreneur at pa-cc.nl co-founded Van Belang & Partners in 2012.

As a health care lawyer, trained parliamentary staffer and legislative aid he started his career at Burson-Marsteller The Hague, after which he continued at Amsterdam-based Boer & Croon Corporate Communication and subsequently transferred to a senior level position in corporate affairs for a Fortune 500 company. His client list extends to a wide horizon of patient interest groups, multinationals, health care branch organisations and NGO’s.

As president of the Public Affairs branch of the professional association Logeion, he is a reputed public speaker on stakeholders and public affairs management.