Mervin Bakker
Director International Strategy & Relations at the University of Groningen (UG)
BIOGRAPHY
Mervin Bakker is Director International Strategy & Relations at the University of Groningen (UG). Before joining UG, Mervin has worked for Nuffic’s Netherlands Education Support Office in South Africa (2017-2020) and Indonesia (2011-2017) as Regional Director. During his 6 years in Jakarta, he was mainly active in supporting Dutch universities in Indonesia and the ASEAN region, and implementing education programmes and projects for the Dutch government. Since 2020, Mervin is Board Member of the Indonesia Nederland Society, a cross-sectoral platform to support bilateral networks between Indonesia and the Netherlands.