Supervisory Board

Joop Wijn (Dutch, 1969) served as of 2002 as State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Finance in the Balkenende I and Balkenende II cabinets and as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Balkenende III cabinet. From 2007 until 2009 Joop Wijn was a member of the Management Board of Rabobank Nederland. From 2009 until 2017 Joop Wijn was a member of the Executive Board of ABN AMRO, where he started his career as in 1994 as Investment Manager. For the past three years, until May 2020, Joop Wijn was a member of the Executive Board of Adyen, where he held the position of Chief Strategy and Risk Officer. Previously, Joop Wijn was Chairman of the Oranje Fonds, member of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Jaarbeurs Utrecht and member of the Supervisory Board of Stadsherstel Amsterdam.

Until 1 June 2021 Joop Wijn acted as Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal Schiphol Group. 

In 2021 Joop Wijn was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board and also member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Policy and Compliance Committee of NIBC Bank.

First appointed on: 28 October 2020
Current term of office: 2020 - 2024 (AGM 2024)

Herman Hintzen (Dutch, 1955) acted as an adviser to the Supervisory Board of APG Asset Management and served as Managing Director at the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Groups of Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan.

Until January 2016 Herman Hintzen worked at UBS Investment Bank as Chairman of Insurance EMEA and until 31 December 2018 he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Amlin International SE. Until November 2020 Herman Hintzen was a Non-Executive Board Member of TSC Power Ltd. He currently serves as Non-Executive Board Member of VCM Holdings Ltd.

First appointed on: 1 January 2016
Current term of office: 2020 - 2024 (AGM 2024)

Sonja Barendregt (Dutch, 1957) was a (senior) partner at PwC specializing in the financial sector between 1998 and 2017. She was also Chair of PwC's International Pensiongroup, member of PwC's European Strategic Diversity Council, Chair of the Pension Funds Industry Group, Chair of the Investment Management Industry Group and member of the European Investment Management Leadership Team. From 2017 until April 2021 was Sonja Barendregt a member of the Supervisory Board of Volksbank, and also Chair of the Audit Committee. 

In March 2018, she was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and as Chair of the Audit- and Risk Committee. She also is Chair of the Oversight Committee Robeco Indices.

First appointed on: 31 May 2018
Current term of office: 2022 - AGM 2026

Gisella van Vollenhoven (Dutch, 1970) is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Waarborgfonds Sociale Woningbouw, of which she is also Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Since 1 February 2020, Gisella van Vollenhoven was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of the Pensioenfonds Vervoer and as of 1 March 2020 member of the Supervisory Board of BUNQ. In addition, Gisella van Vollenhoven became a member of the Supervisory Board of MUFG BANK (Europe) N.V. per 1 April 2020 and was appointed as (substitute) councilor with the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal per 1 September 2020. Since January 2023 she is Chair of the stichting Chapter Zero Netherlands and since March 2023 Chair of the Supervisory Board of the stichting 100Weeks.

In 1994 Gisella van Vollenhoven started her career at ING and was, among other things, Manager Corporate Accounts Employee Benefits at NN and later Senior Manager Credit Risk Management and Head Model Validation Corporate Risk Management at ING. As of April 2021 Gisella van Vollenhoven became a member of the Strategic Audit Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BZ).

Since 2013, Gisella worked at the Dutch Central Bank where she was Division Director On-site Supervision and Banking Expertise from 2014 to 2017 and Division Director Pension Supervision from 2017 to April 2019.

First appointed on: 30 October 2019
Current term of office: 2023 - 2027 (AGM 2027)

Gerard van Olphen (Dutch, 1962) obtained a master's degree in management information systems and started his carrier as EDP system auditor at ABN AMRO. He also acted among other as Manager Financial Information and CFRO at Reaal Verzekeringen, CFO at NIB Capital and CEO at NIBC Asset Management. From 2002 to 2013, Gerard van Olphen was CFRO and later on Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of Achmea. From 2006 until 2008 Gerard van Olphen was amongst other things responsible for the IT organization of Achmea en was he actively involved in the development of diverse IT start ups such as Inshared. From 2013 until 2015 he was Chairman of the Executive Board of SNS Reaal (at that time Vivat).

From 2016 to March 2021 Gerard van Olphen was Chairman of the Executive Board of APG. Currently, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Heart Foundation.  Gerard van Olphen was appointed as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of de Volksbank per 13 August 2021 and since June 2022 he is Independent Director of GP House B.V. 

First appointed on: 30 October 2019
Current term of office: 2023 - 2027 (AGM 2027)

Daniëlle Jansen Heijtmajer (NL, 1960) started her career in 1981 at KPMG in the EDP audit section. Ten years later she moved to Shell, where she held various positions in several countries from 1991 to 2014, the last position being Vice President Group Pensions. Since 2014 she is Global Director Finance, Enterprise Risk Management & Shared Services at FrieslandCampina. 

Daniëlle Jansen Heijtmajer is a member of the Supervisory Board of Uber Payments B.V. as well as chairman of the Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Curatorium EMFC of Amsterdam Business School and a member of the Advisory Board Economics & Business of the University of Amsterdam. 

First appointed on: 4 July 2023
Current term of office: 2023 – 2027 (AGM 2027)

Lard Friese (NL, 1962) has worked most of his professional career in the insurance industry, including ten years at Aegon between 1993 and 2003. From 2008 he worked at ING and in 2014, upon the settlement of the Initial Public Offering of NN Group N.V., he became CEO of NN Group. Since 2020 he is CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board and Management Board of Aegon N.V.

Lard Friese is a member of the Board of Directors of the Geneva Association and a member of the Supervisory Board of Pon Holdings B.V.

First appointed on: 4 July 2023
Current term of office: 2023 -  2027 (AGM 2027)