VNO-NCW
Ab van der Touw holds significant leadership roles across various organizations, including serving as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group and TenneT TSO since 2021 and 2018, respectively. Additionally, Ab van der Touw has been involved with Platform voor Techniek Talent as Chairman of the Board since April 2019 and is the Chairman at Fonds Slachtofferhulp since June 2016. Other notable positions include Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Niba Grind- en Zandbedrijf B.V. and Universiteit Leiden, and board member at Instituut Gak. As Vice Chairman of the Board at both FME-CWM and VNO-NCW, along with the role of President and Vice-President at Deutsch-Niederländische Handelskammer DNHK, Ab van der Touw has a well-established presence in the business sector. Ab van der Touw earned a Doctoraal degree in Classical Languages and History from Leiden University between 1974 and 1981.
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VNO-NCW
The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (known as VNO-NCW) is the largest employers' organisation in the Netherlands. VNO-NCW represents the common interests of Dutch business, both at home and abroad and provides a variety of services for its members. Over 160 (branch) associations are members, representing more than 185.000 enterprises. They cover almost all sectors of the economy, including more than 80% of all medium-sized companies in the Netherlands and nearly all of the larger, corporate institutions.VNO-NCW represents the interests of Dutch business and industry and provides a range of services to its members. VNO-NCW strives to represent its members' interests by promoting a high quality business environment and investment climate in the Netherlands, with a view to boosting the competitiveness of Dutch industry. VNO-NCW's involvement extends to matters relating to education, infrastructure, public finances, taxation, the environment and social security. VNO-NCW's role in representing its members is reflected in its active ongoing contacts with the government, politicians, public authorities, trade unions and non-governmental bodies. As such VNO-NCW helps to define the socio-economic climate in the Netherlands; it also contributes to the drafting of new laws and regulations and has a say in government decisions which may affect the business sector. As the voice of Dutch business, VNO-NCW sits on numerous government advisory and consultative committees. The most important of these are the Social and Economic Council (SER), one of the Dutch government's key advisory panels, and the Labour Foundation, the official central consultative forum for employers' and trade union representatives. VNO-NCW also consults with the government regularly on behalf of Dutch industry.