Karin holds a Master’s Degree in Civil and Corporate Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Karin joined DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals in 2014, bringing with her more than 15 years of broad professional experience in diverse legal disciplines both as attorney and company lawyer. As attorney Karin practised corporate, M&A, insolvency and commercial law and litigation at two law firms. As in-house counsel Karin worked at Canon Europe and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Defence, Security and Safety.