Governance
DEGIRO is an investment firm founded in Amsterdam on June 3rd, 2009. Learn about the legal structure and regulators of DEGIRO and meet our Board of Directors and Supervisory Board members at the same time.
Supervision of DEGIRO
Supervision of DEGIRO
DEGIRO is a private limited company, “Besloten Vennootschap”, according to Dutch law. As per August 1st 2020, DEGIRO is fully owned by flatex AG. Please find more information here.
DEGIRO has a two-tier board structure consisting of a Board of Directors and a Supervisory Board. The Board of Directors is responsible for the day to day management of the company and the long-term strategy. Within the Board of Directors, there is a division of responsibilities with each of the Board Members having their own focus points. Our Supervisory Board is responsible for supervising and advising the Board of Directors. We believe that a two-tier board is the most complete setup to assure correct checks and balances within the company.
Apart from these boards, DEGIRO operates under behavioural supervision of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The license of the AFM authorised DEGIRO to perform investment services since 17 September 2009. Next to that, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) offers prudential supervision of. Also, the Dutch Investor Compensation Scheme (Beleggerscompensatiestelsel) is applicable, please find more information here.
Board of Directors
Esmond Berkhout
CEO of DEGIRO
since 1 January 2019
Esmond joined DEGIRO in April 2018 as Chief Operations Officer. Before that, he was Chief Compliance Officer of GarantiBank International N.V. Esmond has also been the Director Compliance at Kempen & Co. Apart from that, he also worked at the aforementioned Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). His last function was head of the Market Entry Division.
Peter Verberne
CFRO of DEGIRO
since 1 January 2018
Peter had his own company called IN2Risk. He has been (interim) CFRO for Delta Lloyd and Argenta. Before that, he was CFO and CRO at financial services company Nationale-Nederlanden and Head of Management- & Financial Accounting at ING Real Estate Finance.
Andreas Holmberg
CTO of DEGIRO
since 1 January 2019
Before Andreas started at DEGIRO, he was Head of Digital Business Interactive at Cognizant and prior to that Consulting Director, Tax & Utilities Global Business Unit at Oracle. He has also been senior Technical Project Manager at Stratus.
Supervisory Board
Ben Knüppe
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DEGIRO
since 10 January 2019
Ben was a partner at AKD solicitors. Apart from that he was CEO of Dexiabank Nederland and is the trustee in the bankruptcy case of DSB Bank. He has also been advisor, curator and administrator of several unsettled companies. Before joining the Supervisory Board of DEGIRO, Ben has been a Supervisory Board member at ASZ Dordrecht for 11 years.
Frank Niehage
Member of the Supervisory Board of DEGIRO
since 21 August 2020
Frank has vast experience across all segments of retail and commercial banking. He has held various positions as Management Board Member of financial institutions for many years. His previous positions include Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and CEO of Bank Sarasin AG. Prior to that, Frank fulfilled senior roles at Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, UBS and international law firm Beiten Burkhardt in both Germany as well as in Asia.
Ada van der Veer
Member of the Supervisory Board of DEGIRO
since 19 August 2019
Ada has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Her previous positions include Chairperson of the Board of Staal Bankiers, Executive Board member of Achmea Bank Holding and CEO of Currence Holding. Since 2007, she has been Director of Stranergy, a company specialising in independent boardroom consultancy. Next to her position at DEGIRO, Ada is currently Chairperson or Supervisory Board member of Arcadis Nederland Holding, Alliander and Data Privacy Foundation and Board member of Foundation Trust Office Fugro and Foundation Preference Shares Nedap. Furthermore she is (visiting) Lecturer at the Erasmus University and Nyenrode Business University, and Chairperson of the Dutch Monitoring Committee Accountancy.