Facebook has named Johan Keetelaar from Dutch regulator ACM as its new public policy director for Europe. Keetelaar is currently head of telecom, transport and post issues at the Consumer & Markets Authority, which is also the regulator in charge of competition and consumer protection in the Netherlands. The move to Facebook was reported by a number of Dutch papers, including De Telegraaf and Het Financieele Dagblad.
Keetelaar has worked 15 years at the regulator, including its telecoms predecessor Opta, and served since April 2013 as a director. He will start at Facebook in February and work from Brussels and Amsterdam.
