Jan Bart Henry, Head of EU Affairs for PostNL (incumbent postal operator in The Netherlands) in Brussels since 2004, joined the company in 2002, managing the Central European expansion of PostNL’s European Mail Networks. As a Dutch national with a civil engineering and business administration background Jan Bart started his career in 1978 in Shell, worked in marketing and regional management in Philips Electronics and two business development firms before joining PostNL. He was posted in Asia, Central Europe and the Middle East and he spent time in the UK and South Africa for educational purposes.