Nannette Ripmeester

Nannette Ripmeester is director of Expertise in Labour Mobility (ELM). ELM specialises for over 20 years in customising solutions for international labour mobility. Together with her team, Nannette works under the motto of ‘making mobility work’. She is considered an expert on global mobility trends and how to enhance the connection between recent graduates and their future job opportunities. Nannette holds an MA degree from the University of Amsterdam, and combines her role for ELM with her work as Director Client Services Europe for i-graduate – a leading benchmarking organisation responsible for the International Student Barometer (ISB). More recently, she has become heavily involved in the new gamification initiative CareerProfessor.works. Her international career began at the European Commission where she was responsible for setting up the EURES database on living and working conditions in the EU Member States.