Focco Vijselaar

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.