Gilbert van den Brink is Managing Director of Wintershall DEA Nederland and a member of the Supervisory Board of Wintershall DEA
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Gilbert van den Brink started his professional oil and gas career with Shell in Brunei Darussalam in 1985. He returned to the Netherlands in 1993 and worked for a small  operator before finally joining Wintershall in 2002.

He held various positions in operations ranging from drilling, well services to production positions. In 2005 he moved to the UK to become part of an Underground Gas Storage project for a daughter company of Wintershall. He returned to the Netherlands in 2008 as Managing Director of Wintershall Nederland and Wintershall Noordzee.