Freek van Eijk is Director of Holland Circular Hotspot, a private-public platform that facilitates the transition to a circular economy at the international level by bringing together government authorities, knowledge institutes and especially businesses. He has been co-chair of the Coordination Group of the EU Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. Freek van Eijk has been vice-chair of the Circular Biobased Delta, an alliance of Dutch provinces, businesses and knowledge centers pioneering a sustainable circular and biobased economy.