Our company is governed by an Executive Board and a Supervisory Board. The Executive Board approves the strategy across the Achmea organization. The Supervisory Board monitors the Executive Board. Would you like to know who runs Achmea? Please find out more about our Executive Board members.
Chair of the Executive Board
Bianca Tetteroo joined the Executive Board in June 2015 and has held the role of Vice-Chair since January 2020. On 13 April 2021, she was appointed Chair of the Executive Board.
In 1997 Bianca Tetteroo completed her degree in Accountancy and information management at Nyenrode Business University and Nivra. She has also attended various executive training programmes, including on corporate governance and leadership at Insead. She began her career in 1988 at the accountancy firm Mazars. She entered the financial services industry in 1996 at what was then called Fortis, where she held various positions in Asset Management and the Insurer. She joined Achmea in 2009, where she held the position of financial director at pension administrator Syntrus Achmea. Bianca Tetteroo had headed the Pension & Life division since 2012.
Bianca Tetteroo is responsible for the focus areas Strategy & Transformation (including IT and CSR), Human Resources/Management Development, Administrative Office, Media Relations & Public Affairs and Internal Audit.
Bianca Tetteroo serves on the Supervisory Board of Netspar and De Kunsthal Rotterdam. She is also a Board member of Garanti Emiklilik (Turkey) and of the National Cooperative Council. Since June 2021, Bianca Tetteroo has been a Board member of the Dutch Association of Insurers. She is also a member of the Board of the Achmea Foundation.
Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Michel Lamie joined the Executive Board in January 2017. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 1 April 2017 and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board on 13 April 2021.
Michel Lamie is a chartered accountant and studied Economics and Accountancy at VU University Amsterdam. After earning his degree, he began his career at KPMG, followed by a position as CFO of RSA Benelux. Michel Lamie then worked at Achmea, most recently as Group Director Finance & Control. He has been a member of the Board of De Goudse Verzekeringen as Deputy Chairman since 2005 and, from 2009 to 2016, served as Board Chairman.
Michel Lamie is responsible for the focus areas Finance, Balance Sheet Management, M&A and Achmea Reinsurance. He is also responsible for the (Socially Responsible) Investment Policy.
Michel Lamie is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Achmea Reinsurance Company NV and member of the Management Board of Achmea Pensioen- en Levensverzekeringen NV and Achmea Schadeverzekeringen NV. At Interamerican Greece, he is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. In addition to his position at Achmea, Michel Lamie is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal De Heus.
Lidwien Suur joined the Executive Board of Achmea in September 2019.
Lidwien Suur studied International Business at Maastricht University and started her career in 1998 at ING/Nationale-Nederlanden. While there, among other things, she served as Director of Income Protection Insurance and Programme Director Strategy. She held the position of Managing Director of Unigarant and ANWB Verzekeren from the beginning of 2012 and has been a member of the board of ANWB since 2014. In 2016, she was made CFO of the ANWB.
Lidwien Suur is responsible for the focus areas Non-Life division, Centraal Beheer division, Interpolis division, Distribution, Innovation & Brands division and Achmea Corporate Relations & Partnerships.
She is a member of the Management Board of Achmea Schadeverzekeringen NV. She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Achmea Reinsurance Company NV and Chair of the Supervisory Board of NV Hagelunie.
Lidwien Suur is also Chair of the Non-Life Insurance Sector Board of the Dutch Association of Insurers and Chair of the Administrative Consultation between the Dutch Association of Insurers and NVGA. She is also a member of the Board of Guarantee Fund Motor Traffic (Waarborgfonds Motorverkeer) and a board member of the Netherlands Bureau of Motor Insurers. Lidwien Suur has been a member of the Board of Achmea Innovation Fund since April 2021. She has also been Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Terrorism Risk Reinsurance Company since May 2021.
Company Secretaries: Lucian Gerritsen and Leontine van Breugel.
