Frans Lammersen is Principal Administrator with the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) since 1997. In the Development Co-operation Directorate that services the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) he is, inter alia, responsible for the committee’s work on trade and development. Before joining the OECD, Mr. Lammersen was a Counsellor in the Permanent Delegation of the Netherlands to the OECD, in which capacity he chaired the Working Party of the OECD Trade Committee. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Lammersen worked for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations on trade policy issues. He holds a Degree in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University and a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam.