Pieter Bindt

Background

About Pieter Bindt

Associate board member of the Dutch Safety Board, network associate of Boardroom@Crisis (crisis management and security services), strategic advisor to the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Gateway Review Team Leader and intaker and independent consultant. Building on a unique, extensive background in command, management and leadership of (counter)intelligence, security, cyber and Joint/Combined military operations. In April 2016 retired as Rear Admiral as Director of the Netherlands Defense Intelligence and Security Service. Serving customers at the cabinet, operational, and tactical level. Held several seagoing commands (submarines and surface ships - frigate and amphibious transport ship -) and "Teacher" of the NLD Submarine Command Course before command of the integrated, operational, deployable staff of the Royal Netherlands Navy; “Netherlands Maritime Force (NLMARFOR)”. As COMNLMARFOR acted, in succession, as Deputy Maritime Component Commander of the NATO Response Force (NRF), Commander Amphibious Component of the NRF and Force Commander of the EU counter-piracy operation "ATALANTA". Amongst shore staff functions were Deputy Director Operational Policy, Naval planner at the Joint staff of the Chief of Defense and analyst at the Submarine Tactics and Weapons Group, Flag Officer Submarines, UK Royal Navy, Scotland.