Lennart Booij

Lennart gives strategic advice relating to social issues and oversees large-scale change processes. He is the creative mind behind many concepts. He regularly leads debates and presents television programmes. He is a powerful lobbyist. He manages the public affairs for a range of organisations.

Photo: Manon van der Zwaal

Lennart’s biggest passion is television. He has been involved in different television programmes and was the presenter of VARA’s New Lower House in the spring of 2007. ‘The social debate deserves a central position on television,’ says Lennart. ‘In VARA’s New Lower House I hope to be able to translate the emotions of Dutch people into clear positions and illuminating debates on a weekly basis. In this way, people can see how their own opinions stand up against those of others. Only then can insight and depth arise

Born
1970, Amsterdam
Education
1997, History at the University of Amsterdam
Curriculum vitae
Assistant to the then Labour Party chairman Felix Rottenberg as well as a member of Wim Kok’s campaign team.
Co-founder of the modernisation movement “Not Nothing” (1996).
Candidate for dual chairmanship of the Labour Party together with Erik van Bruggen (1999).
At BKB
Since 1999