Executive board
The AFM Executive Board currently consists of four members mandated by the articles of association. Each board member has his or her own area of responsibility. Below, you will find information about their portfolios, any ancillary positions they hold alongside their role as Executive Board member and an overview of expense claims, costs and expenditure by the Executive Board. The AFM has a Executive Board member for internal business who – under the auspices of the Executive Board – is responsible for the central direction of operations at AFM.
Organisational chart
The organisational chart shows the division of the organisation into general staff, supervisory and operational management.
Members of the executive board
You can find an overview of the members of the AFM Executive Board and the board member for internal business here.
- Laura van Geest (chair)
- Hanzo van Beusekom
- Richard Doornbosch
- Marije Lely
Laura van Geest (1962)
Laura van Geest is chair of the Executive Board of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) since 1 February 2020. Within the board, she is responsible for strategy, policy and expertise, legal affairs and general counsel, market integrity and enforcement, communication, administrative office and the internal audit services.
During her career, Laura has dealt with a wide variety of issues and stakeholders. That includes currency crises, pension reforms, and social health insurance laws, as well as the calculation of election programmes, and yearly financial risk reports.
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Hanzo van Beusekom (1972)
Hanzo van Beusekom has been a board member of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) since 1 June 2018. Within the board, he will be responsible for the supervision of the retail market and asset management from 1 September 2026. This encompasses lending, savings, investment, crypto, insurance, pensions and asset management. Previously, he was responsible for the supervision of capital markets and accountancy.
Hanzo is a member of the Executive Board of IOSCO and chair of the IOSCO Fintech Task Force. From 2011 to May 2018, Hanzo was a partner at a strategic consultancy specialising in strengthening supervision. He supported more than twenty supervisory organisations both in the Netherlands and abroad.
With his appointment to the board in 2018, Hanzo returned to the AFM, where he had previously worked from 2003 to 2010. There, he held senior positions in the areas of supervision of large financial firms and strategic analysis. At the start of his career, he was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.
Hanzo is committed to contributing to organisations that create public value. His focus is on driving change that enhances the effectiveness of these organisations. Drawing on his experience in various roles, he acts as a catalyst for innovation in supervision. He studied economics in Amsterdam and obtained an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
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Richard Doornbosch (1973)
Richard Doornbosch joined the AFM’s board on 1 September 2026. Within the board, he is responsible for the supervision of capital markets and accountancy.
Prior to this, Richard spent six years as President of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. In this role, he led a reform process of the financial sector, as well as the supervision, organisation and culture of the central bank itself. Prior to that, he was Deputy Executive Director on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund and held various positions at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport; he began his career as a management trainee at Rabobank International.
Richard has a strong background in finance and economics, extensive experience as a financial supervisor and broad international experience. He has a wide and enduring network within the Netherlands, Europe and internationally. A recurring theme throughout his career has been leading major strategic change programmes.
Richard studied General Economics and Business Economics at the University of Groningen.
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Marije Lely (1976)
Marije Lely will become a member of the board of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 1 October 2025. Within the board, she will be responsible for the departments of Data-driven Supervision, Information Management, Human Resources and Facilities, Planning Control and Finance, and Compliance Integrity and Risk.
Marije has twenty years of experience in financial services and has led various transformations, focusing on the use of digitisation to improve customer experience, efficiency and innovation. She has held various management positions, including Director of Commercial Lending for ING in the Netherlands and Belgium, Programme Director HR, and Director of Digital Transformation at ING's wholesale banking division. In 2024, as a member of the management team of the National Heat Fund, she contributed to financing sustainability.
The common thread running through Marije's career is leading digital transformations and deploying the right way of working to achieve acceleration and effectiveness. With her knowledge and experience in the field of digitisation in the financial markets, Marije brings the expertise that the AFM now needs. At the AFM, Marije started with a focus on digital transformation and business operations.
Marije studied Economics at the University of Groningen.
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