Roderick van Dam (LLM International Law and Air and Space Law) was Head of the Legal Service of the Dutch CAA until 1990, when he joined ICAO as Senior Legal Officer and acting Head of the Legal Bureau. He joined EUROCONTROL in 1996 as General Counsel and Head of Legal Service, and retired in April 2012. Currently, he is Chairman of the EUROCONTROL Just Culture Task Force and President of the International Foundation for Public Aviation (IFPA).