Deputy Managing Director of Supply in the AOK Federal Association.Van Lente, born in 1953, studied economics and organization in Amsterdam and Göttingen and is Deputy Managing Director of Supply at the AOK Federal Association. He is responsible for the “Supply Management” and “Prevention” departments. After his studies, he worked as a management consultant in the Netherlands for several years. He has been working in the German healthcare system since 1989; initially at an IT service provider, later as head of the contract department at AOK-Niedersachsen. In 2002 he moved to the AOK Federal Association to head the disease management project. He played a key role in the conception and implementation of the disease management programs from the beginning. Mr. van Lente was and is active in self-government committees. He is a member of the “Cross-sector care” subcommittee of the Federal Joint Committee and is in contact with an international integrated care network.