Annemiek van Bolhuis assumed office as Chair of the Board of the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) of the Netherlands in April 2020.

Ms. van Bolhuis was previously director of Public Health and Care of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. In addition, she supervised the 2030Sustainable Safety Program for the Chemical Sector for ABD Top consult on apart-time basis. Earlier in her career, she was Director of Nutrition, Health Protection and Prevention and Deputy Director General of Public Health andSport at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. She gained broad international experience through her work for the United Nations (UN) drug program and as a strategic advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ms.van Bolhuis noted her priorities as Chair are to reassure citizens of the Netherlands that productive applications of radioactivity are done safely, that security risks such as a terrorism and cyber security are receiving appropriate attention, and to generally advance domestic and international safety, security, and radiation protection. She assumed the role of co-Chair of the Nuclear Regulators for Gender Equality (NRGE) impact group in 2023.