Dr Rob Theelen has worked for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Dr Theelen was formerly Technical Assistant to the Chair of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food. He is involved in the EU Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) Initiative, the European Commission (EC) Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) Platform, and manages the Food Safety Portal supporting chemical risk management and assessment.