10 Facts About Frank Elderson

Frank Elderson played a key role in the creation of the Network for Greening the Financial System of which he is current chair.

Frank Elderson completed the first year of the Dutch law university programme with honours in 1990 and studied at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, in 1993 and 1994.

Frank Elderson earned his degree in Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam in 1994.

In 1995, Frank Elderson obtained an LLM degree from Columbia Law School, in the United States, and was sworn in as a lawyer in the Netherlands on the same year.

In 1999, Frank Elderson joined the Dutch National Bank where he held various management positions in the Legal Services Division, as well as representing DNB on various working groups of the European System of Central Banks.

Frank Elderson was appointed Executive Director of Supervision in 2011, where he was responsible for supervision of banks, horizontal functions and integrity supervision, and legal affairs.

Frank Elderson's appointment was confirmed by the European Council.

In December 2020, he was appointed by the Eurogroup as one of the six members of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank to succeed Yves Mersch Frank Elderson officially became the Vice-chair of the ECB Supervisory Board in February 2021.

Frank Elderson has been playing a leading role in the debate on the role of central banks for addressing climate change.

Frank Elderson was re-appointed chair for another two years term in September 2020.