Ruud Cino is qualified as a chartered accountant and is currently employed at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. He is responsible for the policy concerning the oil, gas and other mining sectors. His professional interests focus on the position of the oil and gas sector in the energy transition and the decomissioning and re-use of oil and gas facilities and infrastructure.

Before Mr. Cino joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs he served at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment where he was responsible for the policy on soil and water quality.