Thijs Vinks possesses extensive experience in the pharmaceutical sector, currently serving as a Pharmacy Practice Consultant at PharmaPartners since May 2013 and contributing to the Commissie Applicatiebeheer Pharmacom. Vinks has held the position of Apotheker at Amarant since December 2016 and has been an active member of the Commissie Functioneren Openbaar Apotheker with KNMP since June 2013. Prior to these roles, Vinks served as an Apotheker at Apotheek DeLeij in Tilburg from June 2006 to July 2019. Vinks also has a background in education, having worked as a Trainer/docent for the Farmacotherapie Expert Opleiding at Service Apotheken Nederland from March 2011 to July 2015, and was involved with Healthbase from 1995 to 2011 in various editorial and protocol committees. Vinks holds a Doctorandus degree in Pharmacy from Universiteit Leiden, obtained between 1976 and 1984.