Dirk Hamaker studied political science at Leiden University. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of gender diversity and has been an advisor at the Talent naar de Top Foundation since 2011. He has extensive experience with training, presenting keynotes, holding workshops and conducting cultural studies within companies. Dirk advises the network of Talent to the Top (more than 250 companies) in developing and implementing their diversity policy in order to realize a better gender balance at the top.

Yelly Weidenaar is Managing Director of ‘Talent naar de Top’ since April 2017. The goal of this foundation is to increase the percentage of women in top positions in Dutch organizations. It is the only initiative in the Netherlands in the field of gender diversity combining a charter with longitudinal monitoring and implementation of effective measures and instruments within organizations. Prior to this Yelly worked as auditor for PWC and spent over 20 years in the financial sector (ABN AMRO) in various global/international roles and management responsibilities in the area of finance, business development, sales, HR and strategy. The last 8 years she spent working as (global) Head of Sustainability and Diversity & Inclusion within ABN AMRO before switching to Talent naar de Top. Yelly is a member of the advisory board of the yearly ‘Top woman of the Year’ election in the Netherlands. She holds a Master’s degree in financial & business administration from the University of Groningen.

Sara Shahvisi, is of Kurdish-British heritage and is the Director of Programmes at Fearless Futures. She is a former teacher in inner-city state schools and her expertise lies in pedagogy, research, social policy and facilitation. Alongside programme leadership, she is responsible for ensuring high quality delivery from our facilitators. She is brilliant at facilitating complex concepts for groups of young people and adults alike and creating transformational learning experiences. Alongside her BA in Politics, Psychology and Sociology from the University of Cambridge, she has an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics.

Since 2005, Catherine Ladousse has led the communication of Lenovo EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), a global leader in technological innovation and the world's leading IT manufacturer, born of the acquisition by Lenovo China of IBM's microcomputer division. on the PC market, tablets, servers, smartphones and connected objects. She is in charge of institutional communication, brand and CSR and in particular programs on diversity and diversity as well as events. She is also a co-founder and member of Lenovo's internal network "WILL: Women in Lenovo Leadership". She is a member of the Executive Committee and reports to President EMEA. In 2001, she co-founded, with other women executives, the Cercle InterElles, which she chairs and which brings together the networks of women from 14 companies in the technological environment committed to gender diversity and diversity.