At Bellona, Tom focuses on the policy, regulatory and technical developments in carbon capture and storage technologies. Tom also leads Bellona’s regional activities on industrial decarbonisation in North Sea countries, in particular, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Tom has a diverse career background, with prior positions in R&D (TNO), public administration (the Dutch government) and in the oil and gas industry (bp). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Leeds and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the VU Amsterdam.