Marco Brugmans started at the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) in 2015. Since 2017, Mr. Brugmans is member of the board (vice chair) of ANVS. In August 2022, Mr. Brugmans was reappointed by the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management for a term of five years.

In 2023 Mr. Brugmans was appointed vice chair of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG). ENSREG is an independent advisory body of the European Commission.
Mr. Brugmans has a decade of experience in the field of the prevention of home and leisure accidents. He worked at VeiligheidNL, previously known as the Consumer Safety Institute, where he was director/member of the board during the final five years of his tenure. Before joining VeiligheidNL, Mr. Brugmans worked as a researcher in radiotherapy at the National Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, as well as in radiation protection with the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

Dr. Brugmans studied technical physics (MSc) at the Technical University in Eindhoven. He holds a PhD in experimental physics from the University of Amsterdam, as a result of his research performed at the FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) in Amsterdam. In his spare time, Mr. Brugmans is Chairman of the Supervisory board of ‘Het Amsterdams Lyceum’, a high school in Amsterdam. The ANVS management board comprises a chair and a vice chair. Annemiek van Bolhuis is chair of the ANVS. While the board is collectively accountable and board members can alternate, within the board licensing is part of the portfolio of Marco Brugmans.