Commissioners of the Dutch DPA 

Madeleine McLaggan-van Roon
Commissioner

Appointed in 2006

 

Curriculum vitae

On 1 September 2006, Madeleine McLaggan-van Roon was appointed member of the Personal Data Protection Board (College bescherming persoonsgegevens) for a four-year term by Royal Decree.

From January 2003 until that date, she had been employed by the Competition Authority (Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit or NMa) as Deputy Director of the Competition Supervision Department.

Between 1990 and 1997, Ms McLaggan-van Roon first practised law with law firm Stibbe Simont and then with law firm Kennedy van der Laan. In 1997, she joined the NMa, where she held the following positions: Expert (1997-2000), Financial Services and Transport Cluster Manager (2000-2001) and Head of Building Task Force (2001-2003).

Madeleine McLaggan-van Roon obtained her Dutch law degree in 1990 at the Amsterdam University, after which she completed the Professional Training Programme in Amsterdam (1991) and the Grotius IT Law post-doctoral training course (1996).

Additional functions

  • Member of the Programme Committee ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe)
  • Member of the Board of the Association for Media and Communications Law