VNO-NCW
Sieger Dijkstra is an experienced professional currently serving in multiple leadership roles, including as a board member at VNO-NCW and as Chair of VNO-NCW Noord since December 2019. Dijkstra has been an active member of the Economic Board Noord Nederland since January 2020 and holds the position of Board Member at Stichting Nederland Onderneemt Maatschappelijk! since July 2023. As Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Northern Netherlands since May 2017, Dijkstra facilitates collaboration between Germany and the Netherlands in various sectors. In addition, Dijkstra is the Director of TurnNext, a company focused on revitalizing struggling organizations, and is a co-founder of The Firestarters. Engagements also include serving on the Advisory Board of Novar and participating in the Supervisory Board of Eurosonic Noorderslag. Academic credentials include a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Groningen, conferred in 1994.
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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.