Léontine Meijer-van Mensch is currently Director of the City Museum of Rotterdam as it undergoes renewal and expansion. This new museum aims to preserve, share, and bring to life Rotterdam’s heritage, inspiring and connecting people. She is also Chair of the ICOM Standing Committee on Ethics where she works on connecting museum theory and ethics with museum practice and management.

Previously she was Director of the State Ethnographical Collections of Saxony, Programme Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin, Deputy Director of the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin, and Lecturer in Heritage Studies and Professional Ethics at the Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam University of the Arts.