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About a.s.r. Governance and organisation Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board

The task of the Supervisory Board is to supervise the policies of the Executive Board and the general state of affairs at a.s.r. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board provides the Executive Board with advice. The Supervisory Board consists of members from various professional backgrounds. They offer a.s.r. a wide range of experience and expertise in the financial sector, combined with an excellent reputation, verified by regulators.
 
For the Rules of Procedure Supervisory Board of ASR Nederland N.V. and other governance documents, go to the page Corporate Governance under 'Rules of Procedure a.s.r.'.
  • Joop Wijn
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board, chairman of the Nomination & ESG Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee

    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
    Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee

    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
    Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee

    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.

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

  • Gisella van Vollenhoven
    Member of the Supervisory Board, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Nomination & ESG Committee

    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) council with the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal per 1 September 2020. 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 has 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: 2019 - 2023 (AGM 2023)

  • Gerard van Olphen
    Member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Nomination & ESG Committee

    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.

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