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Talent to the Top

TopBrainstorm was set up in May 2007 to stimulate government, corporate business and women themselves to introduce more female talent at the top. On the 30th of October 2007 TopBrainstorm presented, in the presence of the Prime Minister and other members of the government, a number of proposals to engage and nurture this female talent. The Charter Talent to the Top and supplementary plans should to the intended increase of the number of women in (the run-up to) top positions. Considering the sharp rise in the aging population, the shortage in the labor market, and especially the need for us to distinguish ourselves in the area of innovation, TopBrainstorm is convinced that the use of this talent is essential for the future of Netherlands Inc.


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About TopBrainstorm

TopBrainstorm was set up in May 2007 to stimulate government, corporate business and women themselves to introduce more female talent at the top.

In the presence of the Prime Minister and other members of the government, TopBrainstorm presented a number of proposals on the 30th of October 2007 to engage and nurture this female talent.

Considering the sharp rise in the aging population, the shortage in the labor market, and especially the need for us to distinguish ourselves in the area of innovation, we believe that the use of this talent is essential for the future of the Netherlands Inc..

“Talent and diversity in talent are by definition scarce: underuse is foolish and irresponsible from a business point of view.” (Peter Elverding)

With Sybilla Dekker as the chairperson of the Taskforce ‘Women to the Top’ and Marieke Bax as the director of TopBrainstorm charged with the day-to-day management, a number of project teams under the guidance of talented top women got together in the past months.

The project teams developed the Charter ‘Talent to the Top’ and supplementary proposals in the area of image building, infrastructural measures and information provision for companies and women. The aim is to give a strong impulse in the near future for a more effective use of all available talent by means of a complete action plan and cooperation between government, corporate business and women themselves. At the meeting of the 28th of May we presented the results of these efforts.

The Taskforce of which – next to the chairperson and director cited above – the chairman of the Social and Economic Council (SER), the chairpersons of the Dutch Trade Union Federation (FNV) and Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), the Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the State Secretary for Economic Affairs (EZ), the chairmen of PricewaterhouseCoopers, McKinsey and Royal Haskoning are members focuses on creating support for the Charter and supplementary proposals.