Director, Operations Planning Division, Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency), Warsaw
Lotje van der Made is the Director of the Operations Planning Division at the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). Previously, as Head of Unit in the Frontex Return Division, she created new approaches to facilitate the return of irregular migrants. Prior to joining Frontex, she held a position at Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre, where she developed many of its tools and activities in support of the fight against migrant smuggling. She previously held positions at the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee and the Dutch Immigration Service, working both on operational and strategic assignments in the area of migration management. Lotje obtained a Master's in “China Studies” at Leiden University (the Netherlands) and a Master's in “Security, Conflict and International Development” at Leicester University (UK).