Winand Quaedvlieg is Head of the Brussels Office of the Dutch business association VNO-NCW and responsible for the overall EU lobby of VNO-NCW. Winand has also worked as Deputy Director International Economic Affairs in VNO-NCW, responsible for international trade and investment policy and international corporate social responsibility. He has been Chair of BIAC’s Investment Committee since 2012. He is also a former Vice Chair of the Business Europe International Relations Committee. He was a member of the Commission on European Integration (CEI) of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) of the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs and lecturer on EU External Economic Policy, Master Programme European Union Studies of Leiden University.