Mr. Bart Vonk works now for more than 25 years at Rijkswaterstaat and before that he was 6 years contracted by a consultancy firm (Arcadis). He started his career at Rijkswaterstaat as a geotechnical specialist for water safety constructions. After that he specialized in asset management, specific for water and vessel infrastructure. After five years being head of an operational division (Amsterdam Area) and five years head of a strategic division (road planning), he now works as a coordinating advisor at the division for Flood Defense Structures of Rijkswaterstaat. His main tasks are overall coordination on the knowledge strategy on water safety for Rijkswaterstaat, the implementation of “duty to care for management of primary flood defenses”, the (inter)national collaboration of flood defense expertise during crisis. Since January 2019 Bart Vonk is project manager of European Interreg project FAIR. Bart Vonk is also chairman of the National Coordination Committee during Flood Threat and the National Coordination Committee during Drought. His motto is that Knowledge is the combination of Information, Experience, Skills and Behavior. The necessary tacit knowledge on flood risk management should be retrieved by experience in the field.