Biography
Henri van Faassen is Deputy Director-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs and Director of Civil Aviation, Strategy and Resilience at the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, where he also performs the role of Director-General of Civil Aviation.
He is an ECAC Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and member of the EASA Management Board, and serves as Vice-President of the ECAC Coordinating Committee and chair of the EASA Programming and Resources Committee.
His responsibilities focus on balancing the public interests in Dutch aviation, including safety, connectivity, sustainability and the quality of the living environment.
Before entering the aviation sector, Henri held several leadership positions across four Dutch ministries, specialising in politically and administratively complex projects with significant societal impact, particularly crisis management. From March 2020 to June 2022, he led the Netherlands’ COVID-19 crisis management response at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
He holds degrees in public administration, business administration and constitutional and administrative law, obtained in Rotterdam.