The members of PensionsEurope, the Brussels-based trade association for funded pensions in Europe, have elected Jacques Van Dijken as the group’s new chair.
Van Dijken was elected during PensionsEurope’s board meeting in Bucharest last week and will serve as chair until the association’s next general assembly in November 2025.
He replaces Jerry Moriarty, who earlier this year had to leave his post at PensionsEurope and the Irish Association of Pension Funds for personal reasons.
Klaus Stiefermann, managing director of aba, the German occupational pensions association, had been acting as interim chair until Van Dijken’s appointment.
Van Dijken has extensive experience in the pensions and financial services sector, with a career spanning leadership roles in insurance, reinsurance, pension fund management, and advisory services.
He currently serves as vice-chairperson of PensionsEurope and holds senior positions in the Federation of Dutch Pension Funds and SPMS, the Dutch pension fund for medical specialists. Past roles include CEO of Dutch insurer DBV and CEO of Swiss Re Netherlands.
The Netherlands is by far the biggest European country in terms of funded pension assets.
Announcing Van Dijken’s appointment, PensionsEurope said it welcomed “this new chapter” under his leadership and looked forward to a successful and collaborative term ahead.
It also thanked Moriarty for his service as chairperson, expressing its “sincere gratitude for his commitment and contribution to the association”.
Van Dijken takes on his role at an important time for funded pensions, with the European Commission planning to push through, on an accelerated timetable, reviews of the bloc’s occupational pension fund legislation and the Regulation for the Pan-European Personal Pension Product as part of its Savings and Investments Union strategy.
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