Supervisory Board

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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has a Supervisory Board. Its members and their duties are listed below.

Duties of the Supervisory Board members

The Supervisory Board supervises the general course of business at DNB. It also oversees the Executive Board's policy on the implementation of DNB's national tasks. It does not oversee policy on monetary affairs or European payment systems. Significant Executive Board decisions, the budget and the financial statements require Supervisory Board approval. One of the members of the Supervisory Board is appointed by the government and acts as a liaison with the Minister of Finance.

Members of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board numbers between seven and ten members. There are currently eight members. Members are appointed for a term of four years and may be re-appointed. They are:

Martin van Rijn (1956)

Chair
Committee membership: Remuneration and Appointments Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 June 2023
Main position: Chair of Aedes, the sector association of housing corporations (until his retirement on 1 February 2025)

Annemieke Nijhof (1966)

Government-appointed member 
Committees memberships: Audit Committee, Supervision Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 June 2015
Main position: Managing director of Deltares 

Roger Dassen (1965)

Member 
Committee membership: Audit Committee (Chair)
Appointed with effect from 1 October 2018
Main position: CFO of ASML Holding NV 

Mirjam van Praag (1967)

Member
Committee membership: Supervision Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 October 2020
Main position: Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, VU University 

Frans Muller (1961)

Vice-Chair 
Committee membership: Remuneration and Appointments Committee (Chair)
Appointed with effect from 1 January 2023
Main position: President and CEO of Ahold Delhaize 

Artie Debidien (1972)

Member 
Committee membership: Audit Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 September 2023
Main position: Interim CxO & Owner FRWRD Debidien Consultancy BV

Hendrik Jan Biemond

Hendrik Jan Biemond (1969)

Member
Committee membership: Supervision Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 September 2024
Main position: deputy justice at Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal 

Chris Figee (1972)

Member
Committee membership: Supervision Committee
Appointed with effect from 1 March 2025
Main position: CFO of KPN N.V. 

Committees

The Supervisory Board has three committees that prepare its deliberations and decisions.

  • Audit Committee (AC)
  • Remuneration and Appointments Committee (RAC)
  • Supervision Committee (SC)

The committees meet at least four times a year.

Audit Committee

Among other things, the Audit Committee prepares the Supervisory Board’s decisions and advice in areas such as:

  • the quality of internal and external financial reporting
  • adopting the financial statements and the budget
  • compliance with internal procedures and regulations
  • the management of operational risks

Supervision Committee

Among other things, the Supervision Committee prepares the Supervisory Board’s decisions and advice in areas such as:

  • the efficiency and efficacy of the Executive Board’s supervisory policy
  • the organisational set-up of supervision
  • the policy aspects of the supervisory budget

Remuneration and Appointments Committee

Among other things, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee prepares the Supervisory Board’s decisions and advice in areas such as:

  • continuity of governance
  • the Executive Board members’ remuneration
  • the periodic performance assessments of individual Executive Board and Supervisory Board members.