After his chemistry study and positions in food research and product development in Unilever, Jan Willem van der Kamp joined in 1985 TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research as director of cereal research. In his position as Senior Officer International Projects at TNO he was and is involved in a wide range of EU- and other international projects and in conferences,  focusing on cereal science [HEALTHGRAIN (2005-2010), HealthBread (2012-2014), as coordinator, dietary fibre and the gut microbiome [MyNewGut  (2013-2018)]. He served as President of ICC,  International Director of the Cereals&Grains Association and board member of the  Healthgrain Forum/ where he co-authored the publication of the HGF definitions of Whole grain (2014) and Whole-grain foods (2017). He is now chairing the International Working Group on Definitions of the Whole Grain Initiative and co-authored the publication of Consensus, Global Definitions of Whole Grain and of Whole-Grain Foods (2022).