The organization behind your pension
A brief introduction. TNO Pension Fund is a pension fund for and by the employees of TNO and the affiliated employers. Below we will introduce you to a number of new people.
New: Supervisory Board
Since 2018, pension funds with invested assets of more than 1 billion euros have been obliged to appoint a Supervisory Board. As a result, our internal policy and general day-to-day activities will be subject to more intensive assessment. This is valuable. After all, we administer a considerable amount of assets. The Supervisory Board (comprising Theo Camps, Jac Kragt, and Mila Hoekstra) replaces the Assessment Committee. The Assessment Committee are again thanked for their valuable, critical contribution.
Accountability Body
One of the tasks of the Accountability Body is to critically examine the balanced weighing of interests involved in policy decisions. Because the term of the Accountability Body had expired, there were spring elections in 2018. This means that there are a number of new faces in the Accountability Body. In total there are nine Accountability Body members, each representing one group of the pension fund.
On behalf of the active members
- Daphne Urlings
- Bernard Bulder (replaces Mascha van Dort)
- Anne Kleinnijenhuis
On behalf of members who are pension beneficiaries
- Ton van Strien
- Nadia Harize
- Jan Jore
On behalf of the employers
- Kees van Strien
- Stephan Brinkmann
- Aloys Maas
New Board members
Good news: Suzanne van Kooten is the new Board member on behalf of the employers and also the new chairperson. She has taken over the chair from Dick Schmidt, whose maximum term of office had expired. Of course we would like to thank Dick Schmidt for his many years of commitment to the pension fund! Michiel Plaisier is also the new employee member. We have a full complement again.
You could get the impression that the changes in personnel are taking place quickly. Is this impression correct? On the one hand, some are a result of legal changes. For example, from 2018 we are obliged to have a Supervisory Board. On the other hand, there are changes because someone retires or the maximum term of office has been reached, as is the case for the Accountability Body.
Our website contains an overview of all Board members and employees of the Administrative Office. What is the difference between the Board and the Administrative Office? The Board is ultimately responsible for the policy and administration of the pension scheme. As with the Accountability Body, employers, employees and pension beneficiaries are also represented on the Board. The members of the Board perform their duties in addition to any other position they may perform. The Administrative Office is responsible for policy preparation, risk management, and coordinating asset and pension management.
This involves quite a few people
And we have not even mentioned everyone, such as the external advisors involved in various committees of the pension fund. In short, a large team is committed to your pension. This is not unusual. A lot of money and a lot of responsibility are involved in very careful processes. Read more about this in our annual report, in which we render account for everything we do.