SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Today, the Kingdom Council of Ministers and the Council of Ministers approved the appointment of Hans Hoogervorst as chair of the three Boards of Financial Supervision (Cft). Mr Hoogervorst is succeeding Lidewijde Ongering, who will step down as chair on 1 February 2026.
With the appointment by the (Central) Council of Ministers, effective from 1 February Mr Hoogervorst becomes the new chair of the Cft Curaçao and St. Maarten, the Board of Financial Supervision Aruba and the Cft Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.
Hans Hoogervorst has been a member of the three Boards on behalf of the Netherlands since 2022. Hoogervorst was a State Secretary and Minister in several Dutch cabinets. After his political career, he was chair of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets and of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Eddie van Marum, the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, on the appointment: “Mr Hoogervorst has already built up a solid track record as a member of the Boards of Financial Supervision. He is an excellent successor to Mrs Ongering, who has performed this role with great expertise since February 2023.
Sound public finances are the basis for making investments that should lead to a better life for the inhabitants of all the islands. On behalf of the (Central) Council of Ministers, I would like to thank outgoing chair Mrs Ongering for her great commitment and dedication to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom”.
Hans Hoogervorst: “Under the leadership of Lidewijde Ongering, we as Boards have taken important steps towards enhanced dialogue and structural improvements in the countries and on the islands”. Hoogervorst says he will continue along the path that Ongering has taken: “I look forward to a fruitful cooperation with the various countries and islands.”
The Boards of Financial Supervision are independent and monitor the soundness of the public finances of the countries of Curaçao, St. Maarten and Aruba and of the Public Entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The Boards have a signalling and advisory role.
