With more than 27 years experience, Joep Athmer has worked on projects ranging from large reclamations such as Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong to offshore platform installations in the Beaufort Sea, Canada. He graduated in Civil Engineering from the College of Advanced Technology, Utrecht (1976) and in Business Administration from Breda (1989) both in The Netherlands, but has primarily lived and worked abroad. He is presently Managing Director of Van Oord UK and Ireland.