Kees van Gruting

Fractielid

	Adres	Vogelenzangseweg 27 2114 BB Vogelenzang
	Contact	email: sales@bnt-holland.nl tel: 023-5440064

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Home address:Vogelenzangseweg 27,

                        2114 BB VOGELENZANG

                        The Netherlands (Phone: 023-5245386)

Born                July 19, 1941, Utrecht, The Netherlands

                        Married, two children

 

EDUCATION:

1959                Utrecht, High School

1971                State University of Utrecht (Pharmacy)

1974                Scientific Library Researcher

 

SERVICE RECORD:

1971-1973       Medical Service Officer. Scientific Laboratory of the Army.

 

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

1966-1969       Worked as a high school professor during graduate education.

1974-1986       Lecturer on School for the Education of Scientific Librarians.

1973-2004       Ministry of Health, The Netherlands, Drug Inspectorate.

                        1973-1978 Head of the Bureau for Narcotic Drugs.

                        1978-1997 Deputy Head Inspector.

                        1987-1988 Temporary Head Inspector.

                        1988-1990 Consultant, WHO Copenhagen Pharmaceuticals Programme.

                        1990-1993 Consultant, WHO Copenhagen Quality of Care and Technologies (Medical Devices).

                        1993          Secretary General EUROFORUM (WHO Copenhagen).

                        1993-2004 Director of the Medical Devices Databank (NOTIS)

 

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES:

                        Member of the Roman Catholic Church

                        Sports - Golf /Tennis

                        Semi-professional singer education

                        Indoors activities - Computer Technology

                        Outdoors activity - Photography

  

MEMBERSHIP - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

1974-1987       Member (and Chairman) of the Dutch delegation at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Vienna) Expert Adviser to the International Narcotics Control Board,

                          the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and WHO/Geneva

1980-1988       Chairman of the Dutch delegation in Brussels for the harmonisation of Pharmaceutical Education.

1978-1988       Project leader of a computer project for creating a drug database (SWEDIS-system)

1978-1988       (Dep.) member of a number of important advisory commissions in the Netherlands with regard to health problems

 

NON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

                        - President of the national organization of pharmacy students

                        - President of student faculty organizations in the Netherlands

                        - President and Founder of a Study Centre for higher Education for the period of 10 years). The Centre has been taken over by the Government.

                        - Round Table 10 Haarlem (president in 1979)

                        - Member of a 500 year old Men's Club (Societeit Trou moet Blijken)

                        - Assistant District Governor Rotary (2000-2006)

                        - Member of the City councillor of the Municipal Bloemendaal. (Dutch name of the political party is: VVD).

 

PUBLICATIONS/LECTURERS

1961                         Photobook Student Club (University of Utrecht)

1973                         Report on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. The report is published in the English language and given to the special commission for altering the existing drug treaties.

1985-1989               Three articles in "Het Farmaceutisch Weekblad", the official journal of Dutch pharmacists.

1990                          "Geneesmiddelen en Reactievermogen". Published report in the Dutch language about drugs and traffic; "Medicatiebewaking. Levert het een bijdrage aan

                                   Volksgezondheid ?" A published report in the Dutch language on medication-control. "Medical equipment and public policy: the pharmaceutical

                                   analogy". Review article published in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, 1 (1990) 123-133.

1995                           Editor of "The Handbook on Medical Devices"

                                   (published  by Elseviers Publishing Comp.). 60 contributors.

2007                           Author of the National Rotary publication: "Aanbevelingen".

2009                           English version of the 2007 Rotary publication.

 

FIRM

1992-                          Founder and Director of a computer software firm (BNT Holland), specialized in the field of Data Analyzing. (Customers from the Top 100 Dutch firms).

1992-                          Several times a year visits to UK and USA for attending software show trades, following training classes, etc.