Executive Board

Olaf Sleijpen, President

Olaf Sleijpen has been the President of De Nederlandsche Bank since 1 July 2025. He is also a member of the Governing Council and General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), a member of the European Systemic Risk Board, and a Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Olaf holds several secondary positions. Since 2007, he has been a Professor of European Economic Policy at the Maastricht School of Business and Economics. Also, he has chaired the Supervisory Board of the Blue Fund, a network that is committed to LGBTQ emancipation, since 2014. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Elverding Chair on Sustainable Business Regulation and Corporate Culture at Maastricht University. In addition, he has been secretary/treasurer of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association (KVS) since 2020.

Olaf joined DNB’s Executive Board in February 2020. As the director of Monetary Affairs, he was responsible for economic policy and research, financial stability, financial markets, payment systems and market infrastructure, cash operations and statistics. He was also an alternate member of the Governing Council of the ECB.

From 2011 to 2020, he worked as DNB’s Divisional Director of Supervision. Between 2004 and 2011 he held various management positions at pension fund ABP and pension provider APG. Olaf worked previously for DNB between 1993 and 2004 as an economist and as the manager of our Communications Department. From 2001 to 2004, he was an adviser to then ECB President Wim Duisenberg.

Olaf graduated with honours in economics at the University of Maastricht in 1992. He obtained a doctorate in economics at the University of Groningen in 1999.

He was born in Wijlre on 10 August 1970.

Steven Maijoor has been Executive Board Member of Supervision since 1 April 2021. As of 1 February 2024 he is also Chair of Supervision. Steven's remit includes supervision of banks, supervision policy and legal services. Furthermore, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Before Steven joined DNB's Executive Board, he was Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), from 2011-2021. Between 2004 and 2011 he was a director at the Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Before that, he was a Professor of business economics (1994-2004) and Dean (2001-2004) at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University.

Steven graduated in business economics at the University of Groningen. He obtained his PhD in the same field at Maastricht University in 1991.

Date of birth: 3 February 1964 in Hong Kong.

Gita Salden, Executive Board Member of Supervision

Gita Salden has been Executive Board Member of Supervision since 1 June 2024. Gita is responsible for supervision of pension funds and insurers, and horizontal functions and integrity supervision.

Before joining DNB’s Executive Board, Gita was CEO of BNG Bank (2018-2024). Prior to this, Gita was Deputy Treasurer-General and Director of Financial Markets at the Dutch Ministry of Finance (2012-2017). During this time she chaired the Dutch Money Wise platform, which promotes responsible financial behaviour.

Earlier (2010-2011) Gita worked as Financial Counsellor to the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union in Brussels. From 1992 to 2011, Gita worked at the Ministry of Finance in various management positions. In the period 2007-2010, she led crisis management teams during a period of major interventions in the Dutch financial sector.

Gita graduated in General Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1992.

Date of birth: 6 August 1968 in Dordrecht.

Cindy van Oorschot has been Executive Board Member of Internal Operations and Resolution since 1 July 2024. Cindy is responsible for Finance & Risk, Data & IT, Operational Management, Sustainability, HR and Resolution. In her capacity as the Executive Director of the National Resolution Authority (NRA) she has a seat on the Single Resolution Board (SRB). She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), Chair of the Sustainable Finance Platform and a member of the Steering Committee of Money Wise (Wijzer in Geldzaken).

Cindy holds several secondary positions. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Women in Financial Services (WIFS), a coach for the Talent naar de Top foundation, and a member of the FNO Impact through Growth programme committee. She is a board member of Tilburg University Fund and chairs its Audit Committee.

Cindy has a long track record in the Dutch financial sector and has worked at DNB since 1998. In her previous position as Director of the Pension Supervision Division, she was responsible for the prudential supervision of the Dutch pension sector.

Before then, Cindy held several other management positions, including as head of the Intervention & Enforcement Department, the International Insurance Groups Supervision Department, the Risk & ALM Expert Centre and the Asset Management Department.

In recent years she also chaired the Deposit Guarantee Fund, National Resolution Fund and Investor Compensation Fund.

Cindy studied economics at Tilburg University, specialising in financial economics.

Date of birth: 4 December 1974, Rucphen