On January 1, 2026, Kirsten Konst became the first woman to lead BDO Netherlands. The headline is the milestone. The story is the route she took to get there and what it tells us about how Dutch boardrooms now define leadership.
The Netherlands counts 295,000 family businesses with a combined revenue of €606 billion. In 2026, the central question is: who follows? The answer is increasingly female.
On January 15, 2026, Katie Slipper became CFO of Gasunie. What she finances next will shape the Dutch energy transition.
NASA has announced its newest group of astronauts, chosen from a pool of more than 8,000 applicants. For the first time in the agency’s history, women form the majority: six of the ten selected.
For much of modern medicine, the female body was treated as a complication, not a baseline.
We’ve all been there before: the excitement in the moment you find out a dress has pockets. An undeniably freeing feeling, as though style has finally conceded something to utility. That small delight is not trivial; it carries centuries of history stitched into a seam.
