About Maarten Edixhoven
“Leave your comfort zone regularly — that’s where you learn the most.”
Short biography
Maarten Edixhoven is CEO of Van Lanschot Kempen. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of AEGON Netherlands and was a member of the AEGON Management Board.
Earlier in his career, he held several senior roles at ING, including Head of Corporate Compliance and Head of Individual and SME Pensions at Nationale Nederlanden, and worked internationally, including in the Czech Republic.
He later became CEO of Zwitserleven and a member of the management committee of SNS REAAL.
Alongside his executive roles, Edixhoven has held various board and advisory positions, including as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Dutch Association of Insurers, a board role at VNO NCW, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the UMC Alzheimer Research Center.
Personal details
Name: Maarten Edixhoven
Year of birth: 1971
Current Position
2021 – present — Chair of the Management Board, Van Lanschot Kempen
Previous Positions
2017 – 2021: Chief Executive Officer, AEGON Netherlands; Member of the AEGON Management Board
2010 – 2014: CEO, Zwitserleven; Member of the management committee of SNS REAAL
2007 – 2010: Head of Corporate Compliance, ING Group
2004 – 2007: Head of Individual and SME Pensions, Nationale Nederlanden (ING Group)
1999 – 2002: Marketing Director, ING Czech Republic
Education
Nyenrode University — New Board Program (2012–2013)
Stanford Business School — Senior Executive Program (2007)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam — Economics (1989–1995)
Fun fact
As a young ING executive in the Czech Republic, he helped prepare a presentation on pension reform for the Czech senate — and afterwards had coffee with Václav Havel, the country’s first president after independence.
Favourite Book / Film / Series
The 100-Year Life — Lynda Gratton
The Iliad / The Odyssey — Homer
Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut
The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday
Last updated 26 January 2026
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