Matthijs Kok
Professor of Flood Risk, Delft University of Technology
Matthijs Kok is Professor of Flood Risk, at the faculty of Civil Engineering, at Delft University of Technology. He is expert in risk management (safety against flooding and fresh water supply). Kok covers almost all areas in uncertainty, decision, risk analysis and flood risk assessment, in his approach, supporting decisions is the ultimate aim of his analytical research. He is one of the founders of HKV consultants, and since 1995 this company has grown to an organisation with 80 employees which combines consultancy with scientific research on water and risk related issues. Kok is chairman of the Expertise Network for Flood Protection (ENW) working group on flood risk, which is the leading authority on the development of technical design and maintenance guidelines in the Netherlands, based on the risk approach.
