21/12/2020 - Change to the composition of the EFRAG Board
EFRAG says goodbye to Peter Sampers and welcomes Gerard van Santen as EFRAG Board member on one of the National Standard Setters seats from 1 January 2021.
On 31 December Peter Sampers will retire from the EFRAG Board. He was nominated by the Dutch Standard Setter on a seat for those National Standard Setters not permanently represented on the EFRAG Board. The EFRAG General Assembly appointed Gerard van Santen to represent the Dutch Standard Setter for the remainder of the mandate till 30 April 2021.
EFRAG Board President Jean-Paul Gauzès said:
”I appreciate the enormous and invaluable contribution Peter Sampers made to EFRAG since 2004 in various capacities and roles. In the last years, Peter also lead the EFRAG TEG rotation process. I am pleased that in the future we will also benefit from Peter’s experience and knowledge since the EFRAG General Assembly appointed him as member of the EFRAG General Assembly Nominating Committee.
I also welcome Gerard van Santen, the incoming Chair of the Dutch Standard Setter as new EFRAG Board member and thank him for his contribution as EFRAG Rate-regulated Working Group member and more recently as its Chairman.”
