Mariëlle Bartholomeus, medical director and neurologist at the Bernhoven hospital in Uden, has been named top woman of the year 2020. “This time the jury will choose a woman who played an important role when the corona virus hit our country,” said the Top Woman Foundation of the Netherlands. Year.
According to the jury, led by ex-minister Bussemaker, Bartholomeus is authentic and shows “leadership in which she gives people confidence and empowers them”. “She emphasizes several times that you cannot solve a crisis alone and that she really did it as a team and that cooperation is of great importance. The many compelling examples where Mariëlle does not put herself in the foreground, but has shown clear leadership in this crisis have been decisive. “
The two other nominees are also administrators from the healthcare sector: Conny Helder from TanteLouise, a chain of care centers and nursing homes in West Brabant, and Ellis Jeurissen from GGD Brabant-Zuidoost.
Encouragement Prize
An incentive prize for young female talent has also been awarded. That went to Mariël Tiemersma, product owner at the Randstad staffing company. “She has a clear vision of what successful leadership should look like in the future and how her own style, sober, conscious and with compassion, fits into it,” said the jury.
Since 2005, a top woman of the year has been chosen. Last year, the prize went to Rianne Letschert, rector magnificus of Maastricht University.
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