Petrouschka Werther is Acting Director-General for Sustainable Mobility at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. She is responsible for the transition towards zero emission vehicles and fuels, in order to achieving climate, air quality & health goals. Petrouschka has a broad background at the Ministry. As deputy director for Civil Aviation, she was in charge of drawing up the White Paper on Aviation 2020 – 2050 and responsible for Sustainable Aviation, Connectivity and Drones.
Previously she has been responsible for various other fields at the ministry (f.i. road pricing), specializing in setting up public-private partnerships, with the Netherlands as a living lab for innovations that can be rolled out internationally.
Petrouschka holds degrees in Political Science and in Journalism, which she studied in the Netherlands and in the UK.