Rudi Buis studied Journalism and Communication at Ede Christian University and then worked as a regional reporter for several local newspapers and the national news agency GPD, where he served as a general and political reporter – making reports in the Netherlands and in many (conflict) regions in the world. Rudi then (2009) started working as a senior mediaspecialist and (crisis) communicationspecialist for Leene Communication and the insurance industry. In 2018, Rudi made the switch to the Dutch national government a spokesperson for several Ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN). Rudi is now the manager of the Directorate of Communication of this ministry. Besides his work for the MSS foundation, Rudi is socially active for the Bethlehem Church in The Hague and football club SVV Scheveningen.