| Since 2017 | Member, Advisory Board, Center for Transportation & Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2016-2019 | Member, Conseil Scientifique (Scientific Council), Ecole de Management de Normandie |
| 2014-2023 | Member, Advisory Council, Smart Freight Center |
| 2014-2017 | Member, Supervisory Board, Dinalog TKI |
| 2009-2014 | Vice-President, Dutch Institute of Advanced Logistics |
| 2010- 2017 | Member, Strategic Platform for Logistics |
| 2006-2013 | Program Director, MSc Program in Operations Management & Logistics (TU/e) |
| 2010-2013 | Chairman of the Board, Fresh Corridor Consortium |
| 2011 | Visiting Professor, Center for Transportation & Logistics, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2003-2006 | Associate Dean for Education (Opleidingsdirecteur) (TU/e) |
| 2003 | Visiting Scholar, The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles |
| 1995-1996 | Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Stanford University (U.S.A.), Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management |
| 1991 | Visiting Researcher / Lecturer, Clemson University (U.S.A.), Department of Management |