Ton Van Vlimmeren

• Utrecht
• The Netherlands

Ton van Vlimmeren is a consultant, governor and supervisor with extensive international experience. He has spoken at conferences in countries around the world and speaks Dutch, English, French and German.
In the years 2018-2024, he was the president of Eblida, the European library association. He was a member of the International Library Network of the Bertelsmann Foundation and a strategic advisor for the Global Libraries Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the founder of the Public Libraries 2030 organization in Brussels. In 2021, he was made a knight of the Order of the Orange-Nassava Dynasty. He worked as a psychologist, teacher, educational consultant and director of public education in Utrecht. He also served as director of the Department of Real Estate and Urban Planning, Districts and Civic Centers, Public Services and the Public Library in Utrecht.