Executive Board

Klaas Knot, President

Klaas Knot has been President of DNB since 1 July 2011 and has served as Chair of the Financial Stability Board since 2 December 2021. He is also a member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank, member of the European Systemic Risk Board, member of the International Monetary Fund's Board of Governors and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.

Klaas holds several secondary positions. Since 2005, he has been professor of economics of central banking at the University of Groningen, and since 2015 he has also been honorary professor of monetary stability at the Economics and Business Department of the University of Amsterdam. Klaas has published a variety of articles in leading Dutch and international journals in the fields of monetary and financial economics. He is also a member of the Group of Thirty, a global body comprised of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors and academia.

Before assuming DNB’s presidency, Klaas Knot was Deputy Treasurer-General and Director of Financial Markets at the Dutch Ministry of Finance (2009–2011). Earlier, from 1995, he worked for DNB for almost twelve years in various positions including senior economist in the Monetary and Economic Policy Department and Director of the Supervisory Policy Division. At different intervals during this period, he was employed by the International Monetary Fund (1998-1999) and the former Pensions and Insurance Supervisory Authority of the Netherlands (2003-2004).

In 1991, he graduated with honours in economics from the University of Groningen. In 1995, he obtained his PhD in economics.

Date of birth: 14 April 1967, Onderdendam.

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, horizontal functions and integrity supervision, and legal services. Furthermore, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). Due to the departure of Else Bos, there is a vacancy for an Executive Board member of Supervision. Until 1 June 2024, when Gita Salden starts as new Executive Board member of Supervision, Steven will assume responsibility for the supervision of pension funds and insurers.

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 (1994-2004).

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.

Olaf Sleijpen, Executive Board Member of Monetary Affairs and Financial Stability

As of 1 February 2020, Olaf Sleijpen was appointed Executive Board Member of Monetary Affairs at DNB. He is responsible for economic policy and research, financial stability, financial markets, payments and statistics. He is also an alternate member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Olaf holds several secondary positions. Since 2007, he has been 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 aims to support 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. 

Before joining DNB's Executive Board, Olaf was Director of various supervision divisions. 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 head of our Communications Department. From 2001 to 2004, he was an adviser to ECB President Wim Duisenberg.

In 1992, Olaf graduated with honours in economics at Maastricht University. He obtained his PhD in economics at the University of Groningen in 1999.

Date of birth: 10 August 1970, Wijlre.

The post of Executive Board member of Resolution and Internal Operations is vacant with effect from 15 April 2024. The Supervisory Board has initiated the recruitment process to fill this position. Due to the special nature of Resolution, the Supervisory Board has appointed Frits-Joost Beekhoven van den Boezem (General Counsel) to temporarily bear joint responsibility for DNB’s management, in particular the Resolution task.