Petra Hielkema
Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Nationality: Dutch
Year of birth: 1972
Education
1991 – 1996 MA Russian Studies, Institute for Eastern European Law and Russian Studies, Leiden University
2000 – 2001 European Masters in Law and Economics, Erasmus Program University of Hamburg / Erasmus University Rotterdam
2015 Leadership Transition Program, INSEAD, Fontainebleau
2017 Crisis Management Practioner, SECO, Amsterdam
2018 – 2021 New Board Program, Nyenrode University
Professional Career
1996 – 1997 Legal Assistant, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Almaty, Kazachstan
1997 – 1999 Senior Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Almaty, Kazachstan 2001 – 2002 Senior Expert (USAID Funded), Secretariat of the Representative of the President of The Kyrgyz Republic for Foreign Investment, Biskek, Kyrgyz Republic
2004 – 2005 Translator and consultant, Hielkema Advies, the Netherlands
2007 – 2012 Senior Policy Advisor in the Insurance and Occupational Pensions Policy Department, De Nederlandsche Bank
2012 – 2015 Head Insurance Policy Unit, De Nederlandsche Bank
2015 – 2017 Head Expertise Center Fit & Proper Assessments De Nederlandsche Bank
2017 – 2020 Director Payments and Market Infrastructures De Nederlandsche Bank
2020–2021 Director Insurance Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank
2021-to present EIOPA Chairperson
2007 – 2013 Member of several CEIOPS and EIOPA working groups
2013 – 2015 Alternate Member of the EIOPA Board of Supervisors
2013 – 2015 Member of the Technical Committee and Member Budget Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
2013 – 2015 Program manager of the IAIS 2014 Conference in Amsterdam 2015 – 2017 Chair of the Fit & Proper Working Group of the ECB.
2016 – 2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of Child and Youth Finance International (Initiator of Global Money Week)
2017 – 2020 Member of the Committee for Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI)
2017 – 2020 Member of the CPMI-IOSCO Steering Committee
2017 – 2020 Vice-chair of the National Forum for Payments
2018 – 2020 Co-chair of the Cross Border Crisis Group for financial market infrastructures (fmiCBCM) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB)
2018 – 2020 Member of the Market Infrastructures Board (MIB) of the ECB
2018 – 2020 Member European Financial Innovation Forum of the ECB
2018 – 2020 Member European Cyber Resilience Board of the ECB
2019 – 2020 Member Regulatory Implications of Stable Coins WG of the FSB
2020 – 2021 Alternate Member of the EIOPA Board of Supervisors;
2020 – 2021 Chair of the Policy Steering Committee of EIOPA
2021- present EIOPA Chairperson
2021- present IAIS Fintech Forum Champion
Konferenzen
11. Green Finance Forum
Di. 18. Nov. 2025