Major Bjorn van der Linden is a Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Force Protection practitioner with over 20 years of experience. After graduating as an officer in 2003, Maj van der Linden served, amongst others, as Deputy Head of Force Protection of the Dutch Defence Helicopter Command at Gilze-Rijen Airbase, as FP Staff Officer at RNLAF HQ in Breda, and as Head of Force Protection of the Air Mobility Command at Eindhoven Airbase. His previous assignment was as a CBRN Defence Staff Officer at the Dutch Expertise Centre on CBRN Defence in Vught.

He joined JAPCC in June 2023 and his Subject Matter Expertise is focused on FP Command & Control (C2) / Command, Control, Communication, Coordination & Integration (C4I), (Protective) Security, and CBRN Defence. He is the current Custodian for NATO FP Policy and Joint FP Doctrine and is also responsible for the development and delivery of NATO FP Courses.