EDFI, the Association of European Development Finance Institutions, has appointed to the role of chairman Nanno Kleiterp, the former chief executive of Dutch development bank FMO.
Kleiterp retired from FMO in September last year and become the first EDFI chairman to serve independently from a national development bank. He replaces Luuk Zonneveld, the chief executive officer of Belgian development finance institution BIO Invest, who will continue to serve on the EDFI board of directors until his term ends in May 2017.
Kleiterp previously spent time as chairman of EDFI during his eight-year tenure at FMO. His latest stint as chair began on 1 February 2017.
His appointment follows that of Søren Peter Andreasen, who became general manager of EDFI in October 2016. The pair are expected to aggressively promote their 15 members’ interests.
EDFI has also established a new management company, which already manages ElectriFI, an EU-funded financing facility to promote energy access. Andreasen and Kleiterp are expected to look for further third party mandates going forward.