The Kingdom Council of Ministers has agreed with the recommendation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte to nominate Ms. Sybilla M. Dekker as a member upon proposal of the Netherlands in the Board of financial supervision (College financieel toezicht – Cft) Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The Colleges execute supervision tasks according to the Kingdom Act financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the Law on finance public entities Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The nomination will enter into force on July 1st 2012.
Sybilla M. Dekker (1942) is a former Minister of Public housing and Regional Planning and Environment management – May 2003 till October 2006 (government Balkenende II and III). In the Caribbean part of the Kingdom she is mostly known for her role as president of the Council of supervision of AMFO; the Antillean Co-financing Organization. She will no longer carry out this function, which she has been executing since 2007.
Besides her activities for the Board, Ms. Dekker will remain closely involved as director of various social organizations (such as the ‘Amsterdam Barok Ensemble’, the Maritime museum, the Huygens exposition 2013 and the Diabetes foundation). She will also stay committed to stimulate leadership and emancipation of women and minorities on the labor market. As such she is the president of the Taskforce and Foundation "Talent to the Top" ("Talent naar de Top") and member of the Advisory Board of the Dutch-Moroccan leadership institute. Ms. Dekker has seated in various corporate supervisory boards (AKZO-Nobel NL, the Dutch Railroads (‘Nederlandse Spoorwegen’) and Heineken Netherlands B.V.), she was a member of the Advisory Board of ABN-AMRO holding and a member of the Board of Management/ Supervisory Council of the Rabobank Nederland. Currently she is amongst others Commissioner at the Bank of Dutch Municipalities (Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten), member of the Supervisory Council of the DHV Group and President of the Supervision Council of Kadaster.
Within the Board of financial supervision Sybilla M. Dekker will take the place of Margo Vliegenthart. Her input the Board and the relation with the countries have been considerable and much appreciated. The Board of financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten furthermore consists of the president prof. Age Bakker, member upon proposal of Curaçao Alberto Romero and member upon proposal of Sint Maarten Richard Gibson. In the Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, besides prof. Age Bakker and Sybilla M. Dekker, Mr. Max Pandt is member upon proposal of the three islands jointly.