Executive board

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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
• Jos Heuvelman
• Frans van den Hurk

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 communication, the internal audit services, strategy, policy and international affairs, and the AFM’s Expert Centre.

Laura has had several positions at the Dutch ministry of Finance. She began her career working on foreign financial affairs. After a stay as advisor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), she focussed on interior issues, acting as general treasurer and Director-General for the national budget. She was director of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) until 2020.

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 member of the Executive Board of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) since 1 June 2018. Within the board, he is responsible for the supervision of capital markets, audit firms, legal affairs, and the AFM’s programme on data- and technology-driven supervision. Hanzo is member of the Executive Board of IOSCO, the global standard setter for securities markets and alternate Board member at ESMA.

From 2011 until 1 June 2018, Laura was a partner at a strategic consultancy specialising in strengthening supervision. He has supported more than twenty supervisory organisations.

Laura previously worked at the AFM from 2003 to 2010, as head of the Supervision Group for major financial institutions and head of Strategic Analysis. Before that, he was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Upon his return at the AFM, Laura focussed on cross-sector supervision and renewal, with a particular focus on data- and technology-driven supervision. From 1 September 2019 to 1 February 2020, he was acting chair of the Executive Board.

He has a particular interest in contributing to organisations that create public value. In this, his focus is on change that enhances these organisations’ effectiveness. Laura studied economics in Amsterdam and obtained an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau.

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Jos Heuvelman (1962)

Jos Heuvelman has been a member of the Executive Board of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) since 1 September 2018. Within the board, he is responsible for the AFM's supervision of the retail market. The retail market includes loans, savings, investments, insurances and pensions. He is also responsible for AFM's supervision of Asset Management, retail and institutional. 

Jos is member of both the Board of Supervisors and the Managing Board at ESMA, where he also chairs the standing committee Senior Supervisors Forum.

Jos worked at the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as central banker and as supervisor of the financial sector for (nearly) 33 years. Prior to his appointment at the AFM, Jos was the division director of the Supervision of European Banks. Within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, his division at DNB was responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the six big Dutch banks.

Jos held a range of management positions in different supervisory divisions, at both national and international level. In these positions, he dealt with banks, insurers, pension funds, investment companies and portfolio managers, among other things. Jos played an instrumental role in various major changes within DNB, including the introduction of the European banking union. He also headed up various international working groups.

Jos studied econometrics in Groningen, economics in Amsterdam and obtained a Master’s degree in financial risk management at the NYU Stern School of Business.

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Frans van den Hurk (1961)

Frans van den Hurk will be an ad interim board member of the internal company as of 1 October 2024. In this role, he is responsible for the departments of Information Management, Human Resources & Facilities, Planning Control & Finance, Compliance Integrity and Risk Management, and the Administrative Office. 

He has been working at the AFM since October 2015, where he has fulfilled various roles in both supervision and support. Prior to joining the AFM, Frans worked at CapGemini for more than 20 years. He started there as a consultant for the (municipal) government in the field of organizational development and information policy and planning. Throughout his career at CapGemini, Frans held various leadership positions and most recently served as CEO of CapGemini Outsourcing Central Europe.

Frans studied Information Science at Tilburg University.

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