Robert Zeldenrust

Robert Zeldenrust is treasurer a.i. of the GPPAC Board. He spent most of his career in the foreign service of the Netherlands, holding i.a. various positions in the field of development cooperation, both bilateral and multilateral.

He managed aid programs in East and West Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and had postings in Sri Lanka and Brussels before being appointed ambassador to Lebanon in 2007. From 2000 to 2003 Rob served as the Director for Democratization and Human Rights in the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. Until his retirement in 2014, he was the Netherlands Permanent Delegate and Ambassador to UNESCO in Paris. Subsequently, he joined PUM Netherlands senior experts, where he was coordinator for Government Services, as well as various NGOs. From 2016 to 2020 he was vice-chair of the board of the Indonesia-Nederland Society, where he is now a member of the Board of Trustees. Since 2015 Rob has been chairman and member of the board of the Sen Foundation for Research and Education in International Cooperation and is currently chairman of the board of Unesco Centrum Nederland and member of the Board of Friends of Microjustice.
 

Rob is not new to GPPAC, having been the Dutch Vice-Chair of the Board from 2017 to 2021 and treasurer a.i. from July 2019 to June 2020.