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Executive Board

The Executive Board is responsible for the realization of corporate objectives, the strategy with its associated risks and the development of the results. The Executive Board works closely together with the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.  
For the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board and Management Board of ASR Nederland N.V. and other governance documents, go to the page Corporate Governance under 'Rules of Procedure a.s.r.'
  • Jos Baeten
    CEO

    Jos Baeten (Dutch, 1958) is the Chairman of the Executive Board and Management Board of a.s.r. His areas of responsibility are Corporate Communications, Legal & Company Secretary, Services and Audit.

    Jos Baeten studied law at Erasmus University Rotterdam and started his career in 1980 when he joined Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen N.V., one of a.s.r.’s main predecessors. He joined the Executive Board of Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen N.V. in 1997 and was appointed CEO of this company in 1999. He then joined the Management Board of Fortis ASR Verzekeringsgroep N.V., becoming Chairman of the Board of De Amersfoortse Verzekeringen in June 2003. In 2005, Jos Baeten was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortis ASR Verzekeringsgroep.
     
    Jos Baeten was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of a.s.r. on 26 January 2009.
    Current term of office: 2023 - AGM 2026.
     
    Additional positions
    Currently, Jos Baeten is chair of the Executive Board of the Dutch Association of Insurers (Verbond van Verzekeraars) and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Efteling B.V.  Since 1 February 2021, Jos Baeten is a member of the Advisory Board of the Nyenrode Executive Insurance Program and since 21 March 2023 he is a member of the Supervisory Board of DAF Trucks N.V.
  • Ingrid de Swart 
    COO/CTO

    Ingrid de Swart (Dutch, 1969) is a Member of the Executive Board and the Management Board of a.s.r. Her areas of responsibility are Customer Experience & Digital, IT&C, Distribution & Services, Mortgages, Disability, P&C, Health and a.s.r. Vitality.

    Ingrid de Swart studied Dutch language and literature at Utrecht University. At CEDEP in Fontainebleau Ingrid followed the Young Executive Programme and the General Management Programme. In addition to various other leadership, management and intervision programmes, she attended the Advanced Management Programme at Wharton University in Pennsylvania in 2014.

    Ingrid de Swart was a Board Member and COO Retail at Aegon Nederland from 2017 until May 2019 and was amongst other things responsible for its digitalization programme. Prior to that, she worked at Delta Lloyd from 2001 to 2017 in various management and executive positions. From 2009 to 2013 she was CEO of ABN AMRO Insurance and after that Chairperson of the commercial division of Delta Lloyd. From 2014 to 2017 Ingrid de Swart was a member of the Executive Board of Delta Lloyd. In this role she was amongst other things responsible for IT, digitalization and innovation.

    Ingrid de Swart was appointed as member of the Executive Board of a.s.r. on 1 December 2019.
    Current term of office: 2023 - AGM 2027.

    Additional positions
    Ingrid de Swart is a member of the Supervisory Board of HumanTouch Holding B.V. and a member of the Supervisory Board of Salta Group B.V.

  • Ewout Hollegien
    CFO

    Ewout Hollegien (Dutch, 1985) is a Member of the Executive Board and Management Board of a.s.r. His areas of responsibility are Group Finance & Risk Reporting, Balance & Performance Management, Asset Management and Real Estate.

    Ewout Hollegien holds a degree in Financial Services Management, a Master in Science in Business Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an Executive Master in Finance & Control at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

    Ewout Hollegien started his career in 2007 as a management trainee at Fortis Verzekeringen Nederland (legal predecessor of a.s.r.). Since then, he has held various positions within a.s.r. Ewout Hollegien has fulfilled among others, the position of risk manager, senior controller at a.s.r. Asset Management and balance sheet manager. In addition, in 2016 he was part of the IPO-team and also as Manager Business Development responsible for the acquisitions of a.s.r. between 2016 and 2019. From September 2019 until October 2021 he was the Director of Disability at a.s.r.

    Ewout Hollegien was appointed as member of the Executive Board of a.s.r. on 1 December 2021.
    Current term of office: 2021 – AGM 2025.

    Additional positions

    Ewout Hollegien is chair of the Financial Economic Affairs committee of the Dutch Association of Insurers (Verbond van Verzekeraars) and member of the Supervisory Board of Amvest Vastgoed B.V.