Michel Groothuizen has been named as the new chair of the board of directors at Netherlands’ regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), succeeding René Jansen.

In October last year KSA announced that Jansen was to step down, after six years at the helm. As he reached retirement age at the end of 2023, Jansen decided not to stand for reappointment.

Groothuizen’s term will begin on 1 July 2024. Currently he is the deputy director general of the Judicial Institutions Service. Previously, he held the role of director general at the Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry.

He also served as the policy director and director of FEZ in the ministry of justice and security’s administrative department.