Herald Ruijters is Deputy Director-General and Head of the Task Force Security Action for Europe (SAFE) in the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space.
From 1997 and until May 2025, Mr Ruijters held several positions in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, as Deputy Director-General and Director responsible for Investment, Innovative & Sustainable Transport, Head of Unit, advisor to the European Coordinators. He also assumed different roles developing the road safety policy. Before joining the Commission, he held various positions in The Netherlands related to transport.
Mr Ruijters holds degrees from Nijmegen and Amsterdam Universities in both French literature and European Studies, and was post-graduated at the Centre Européen Universitaire in Nancy, in European Law, and in Business Studies at the University in Leuven.