Over de LNV-raad Zuid-Afrika

Niek Bosmans is sinds september 2020 werkzaam als LNV-raad op de Nederlandse ambassade in Pretoria voor Zuid-Afrika. Sinds augustus 2022 wordt hij daar ondersteund door LNV-attaché Emiel Mulder.

Niek Bosmans
Niek Bosmans

De LNV-raad en zijn team zetten zich in voor een goede positie van de Nederlandse agribusiness en draagt bij aan landbouw- en natuurontwikkeling met inzet van Nederlandse technologie. Hierbij spelen cross overs met bijvoorbeeld water en energie een steeds grotere rol.

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LAN team

Het complete LAN team bestaat uit:

  • LNV-raad: Niek Bosmans
  • LNV-attaché: Emiel Mulder
  • Landbouwadviseur: Bernard Likalimba
  • Beleidsondersteuner landbouw: William Bowden
  • Managementondersteuner: Dalene Breytenbach
Emiel Mulder
Emiel Mulder

Emiel Mulder is Agricultural Attaché at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pretoria. Before joining the Dutch diplomatic service he studied International Relations at the University of Groningen. After a commercial career of 5 years his previous position within the government includes a role as Business Development Coordinator China at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).

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Bernard Likalimba
Bernard Likalimba

Married for 24 years, Bernard Likalimba has 3 children. Since 2000 he has worked extensively with private companies and international NGOs on social and economic issues across Africa and other parts of the world. For more than 10 years Bernard has worked on policy and economic aspects in the Agricultural Sector.

Read the interview with Bernard Likalimba

William Bowden
William Bowden

William Bowden joined the agriculture team in November 2022, as a fresh university graduate. With a background in international relations and foreign languages he is right at home in the embassy team. As the Agricultural Support Officer his day to day responsibilities include managing the team's finances, drafting reports or conducting research for internal affairs as well as trade requests.

Dalene Breytenbach
Dalene Breytenbach

Dalene Breytenbach is the Management Assistant for the agriculture team. She joined the team in June 2021. Previously she worked in a corporate environment as an investment specialist and thereafter as the personal assistant to the Ambassador of Hungary and the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in South Africa. Dalene studied at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, in the Administration and Secretarial field.

Team LAN-Pretoria
Agriculture team in Pretoria

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LNV-raad Zuid Afrika