Governance

ESKIMO is an investment firm founded in Antrim on 3 November 2014. Learn about the legal structure and regulators of ESKIMO and meet our Board of Directors and Supervisory Board members at the same time.

Supervision of ESKIMO

ESKIMO is a private limited company, Company number NI627598. As per 12th Jun 2018, ESKIMO is fully owned by ESKIMO UNITED. Please find more information here.

ESKIMO has a two-tier board structure consisting of a Board of Directors and a Supervisory Board. The Board of Directors is responsible for the day to day management of the company and the long-term strategy. Within the Board of Directors, there is a division of responsibilities with each of the Board Members having their own focus points. Our Supervisory Board is responsible for supervising and advising the Board of Directors. We believe that a two-tier board is the most complete setup to assure correct checks and balances within the company.

Apart from these boards, ESKIMO operates under behavioural supervision of the UK Authority for the Financial Markets. Registered office address; Suite 4 Commercial Mews, 93-97 Main Street, Larne, County Antrim, BT40 1HJ. Next to that, ESKIMO is a registered company with registration number NI627598.

Board of Directors

Stephen HAGAN

CEO of ESKIMO
since 4 November 2014

HAGAN joined ESKIMO in November 2014 as Chief Operations Officer. Before that, he was Chief Compliance Officer of DRAMBROOK LIMITED. HAGAN has also been the Director Compliance at VALENTIA LTD.

Peter Verberne

CFRO of ESKIMO
since 1 January 2018

Peter had his own company called IN2Risk. He has been (interim) CFRO for Delta Lloyd and Argenta. Before that, he was CFO and CRO at financial services company Nationale-Nederlanden and Head of Management- & Financial Accounting at ING Real Estate Finance.

Andreas Holmberg

CTO of ESKIMO
since 1 January 2019

Before Andreas started at ESKIMO, he was Head of Digital Business Interactive at Cognizant and prior to that Consulting Director, Tax & Utilities Global Business Unit at Oracle. He has also been senior Technical Project Manager at Stratus.

Supervisory Board

Ben Knüppe

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ESKIMO
since 10 January 2019

Ben was a partner at AKD solicitors. Apart from that he was CEO of Dexiabank Nederland and is the trustee in the bankruptcy case of DSB Bank. He has also been advisor, curator and administrator of several unsettled companies. Before joining the Supervisory Board of ESKIMO, Ben has been a Supervisory Board member at ASZ Dordrecht for 11 years.

Frank Niehage

Member of the Supervisory Board of ESKIMO
since 21 August 2020

Frank has vast experience across all segments of retail and commercial banking. He has held various positions as Management Board Member of financial institutions for many years. His previous positions include Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and CEO of Bank Sarasin AG. Prior to that, Frank fulfilled senior roles at Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, UBS and international law firm Beiten Burkhardt in both Germany as well as in Asia.

Ada van der Veer

Member of the Supervisory Board of ESKIMO
since 19 August 2019

Ada has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Her previous positions include Chairperson of the Board of Staal Bankiers, Executive Board member of Achmea Bank Holding and CEO of Currence Holding. Since 2007, she has been Director of Stranergy, a company specialising in independent boardroom consultancy. Next to her position at ESKIMO, Ada is currently Chairperson or Supervisory Board member of Arcadis Nederland Holding, Alliander and Data Privacy Foundation and Board member of Foundation Trust Office Fugro and Foundation Preference Shares Nedap. Furthermore she is (visiting) Lecturer at the Erasmus University and Nyenrode Business University, and Chairperson of the Dutch Monitoring Committee Accountancy.