Michiel Boots has served as Director-General for Economy and Digitalisation at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy since April 2022. Prior to this, he was Director of General Economic Policy and Chief Economist at the Ministry. Earlier in his career, he served as Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Ministry of General Affairs and held several positions at the Ministry of Finance, including Head of Financial Stability and Deputy Director of Financial Markets.

Michiel studied Dutch Law at Leiden University and earned a Master of Studies in Legal Research from the University of Oxford. With more than twenty years of experience in the Dutch central government, he has extensive expertise in economics, finance, digitalisation, and strategic policymaking.