Gerke Witteveen takes over from Andreea Pipernea who has led NN Pensii for the past six years and will pursue new professional and entrepreneurial opportunities outside NN.
Gerke Witteveen has a valuable experience of almost 20 years in finance. In the last seven years, he was CFO of NN Asigurari de Viata and has been a member of the Board of Directors of NN Asigurari since 2020. At the same time, he has been vice-president of The National Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania (UNSAR) since 2017 until now and is a board member of The Netherlands Romanian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC).
“Moving forward, as CEO of NN Pensii, I will continue the company’s development of operational excellence and consolidation of its investment strategy through which we support more than 2 million Romanians to save for retirement through Pillar II. The coming years will bring increased attention to sustainable investment policies aligned with ESG standards – Environmental, Social, Governance. Another key priority will be to accelerate digitalization with the aim of providing participants with a simple and fast experience when interacting with their mandatory private pension fund”, said Gerke Witteveen.
NN Pensii has assets worth RON38 billion, 500 employees, 1,600 financial consultants and managers in the sales area, boasting more than 2.3 million insurance and pension clients.
NN Romania is part of the NN Group, a financial services company listed on Euronext Amsterdam.