Frederike E.M. Stikkelbroeck is currently Senior Legal Counsel at Akzo Nobel N.V., a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. She is admitted to the Amsterdam and Paris Bars. In her current position, Ms Stikkelbroeck is member of AkzoNobel’s Corporate Legal Group and responsible for protection of personal data (privacy officer), and is senior legal expert on business & human rights. She is also a member of the board of the United Nations Global Compact Network Netherlands, and a member of the VNO-NCW Committee Multinational Enterprises which advises on policy in the fields of international CSR and other issues related to the position of multinational enterprises. Ms. Stikkelbroeck began her legal career as an associate in the International Arbitration and Litigation and M&A practices of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. She then served as the Director of Technical Assistance and Judicial Training Programs and was Attaché to the Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. She obtained her LL.M. from Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands) where she specialized in Private International Law. Since 2002 she has been deputy-secretary of the Netherlands Standing Government Committee on Private International Law, the advisory body on private international law and implementing legislation to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice.