Both insurers and supervisors will have to evolve : Interview with Petra Hielkema, chairperson of EIOPA

Abstract

Petra Hielkema is the Chairperson of EIOPA and is leading the Authority since September 2021. She is also member of the ESRB Steering Committee and member of the IAIS Executive Committee. Besides that she is the Champion of the IAIS Fintech Forum. In 2022 Petra Hielkema is also chairing the Joint Committee of the three ESA’s (EIOPA, EBA and ESMA). Prior to this role she was Division Director Insurance Supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB, the Dutch Central Bank) and Alternate Member of the EIOPA Board of Supervisors. She was also the Chair of the EIOPA Policy Committee. Petra Hielkema has a European Masters in Law & Economics and a Masters in Russian Studies. She is married and proud mother of three children.