Programme Director of Security & Integrity

Hans Klunder (1958) has been Programme Director of Security & Integrity since 2021 at the Customs Administration of the Netherlands.

Hans Klunder
Programme Director of Security & Integrity - Hans Klunder

“Our employees must be able to trust that we’re protecting them from criminals and other unwanted risks that come with the job. Further, we must give them the knowledge and skills to deal with such risks. Society must also be able to trust us as after all, we are a key building block to ensuring a  safe society.”

Before starting as programme director, Hans Klunder was a Brexit programme director (2018-2021), a Strategy & Development programme director (2020-2022) and the Breda regional director (2015-2018) at the Customs Administration of the Netherlands. Previously, he was a director of the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for six years. He also worked at the Ministry of Justice and Security for almost 20 years, in all kinds of (management) positions: at the directorates of asylum and regular admission to return. He studied Business Administration at the University of Groningen (MBA) and Immigration Law at the University of Amsterdam.