VNO-NCW
Focco Vijselaar currently serves as Algemeen directeur at VNO-NCW since January 2023 and holds a position as a member of the general board and chairman of the audit committee at Stichting BOOR since January 2019. Previous roles include Advisor at Rijksoverheid in late 2022 and Director-General for Business and Innovation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate from 2016 to 2022. Additionally, Focco Vijselaar has extensive experience at the Ministry of Finance, serving as Director of International Relations and in various leadership roles within budgetary policy and health sections from 2003 to 2016. Early career experience includes coordinating EMU affairs at the European Central Bank and working as (senior) economist at De Nederlandsche Bank. Focco Vijselaar holds degrees in economics from the University of Groningen and international economic relations from the University of Mannheim.
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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.