Gied has been active as a professional in the Lighting industry since 1984:
- Managing director of a commercial lighting company in NL and Belgium (ERCO Lighting) for 16 years.
- Board member NLA (Dutch branch organization Lighting) from 2008-2014.
- Board member LightRec NL from 2010-2014.
- Board member NVMP 2015-2019.
- Managing Director LightRec NL since 2015.
At EucoLight, Gied participates in the Policy and Marketing Group of EucoLight since 2015 and was the organizer of EucoLight Congress in 2018.
Gied has a broad experience in managing the Lighting EPR of the Netherlands for lamps and also for luminaires, combined with a strong experience in the evolution of the EPR schemes in the Netherlands.