Pieter Valk serves as a Beleidsadviseur/nautisch adviseur at the Port of Amsterdam since May 2018, after previously working as a beleidsmedewerker from March 2014 to May 2018. Prior experience includes leadership roles such as teamleider toezicht, milieu en veiligheid at Haven Amsterdam from 2010 to 2014 and wachtchef havendienst amsterdam at gemeentelijk havenbedrijf Amsterdam from 1996 to 2010. Pieter Valk's career began at Rijkswaterstaat as a sluismeester/hfd verkeersafwikkeling -planning from 1993 to 1996 and as a vts operator in verkeer en waterstaat from 1990 to 1993. The early professional background includes ten years as a stuurman at b.v bureau wijsmuller, focusing on heavy transport, salvage, towing, offshore operations, and fleet services. Educational qualifications include NNVO/VTS and attendance at the hogere zeevaartschool Willem Barentsz Terschelling.