Jan Sijbrand to leave NIBC for Dutch Central Bank
The Dutch Cabinet has decided to propose Jan Sijbrand, Chief Risk Officer of NIBC Holding N.V. and NIBC Bank N.V. for appointment to the Crown as executive director of the Governing Board of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as per 1 July 2011. Jan is to head the Banking Supervision division at DNB.
Jan joined NIBC in February 2008 as Chief Risk Officer. Under his leadership, enormous improvements have been to the management and staffing of the Risk Management department. Details of Jan's succession will follow in due course.
Jeroen Drost, Chief Executive Officer of NIBC
"Jan has been instrumental to NIBC in the past years and we are convinced that a very strong candidate has been selected. NIBC is in a very strong financial position, also as a result of Jan's ongoing focus and commitment to bringing Risk Management at NIBC to a higher level. We wish Jan all the best in his new position."