What is OPF?
The Dutch Association of Company Pension Funds (OPF, Stichting voor Ondernemingspensioenfondsen) is the leading voice of corporate pension provision in the Netherlands, promoting the interests of about 350 Dutch company pension funds. These represent about 1.5 million constituents (active members, members with paid-up pension entitlements and pensioners). OPF affiliated funds hold combined assets of about € 150 billion.

Board and secretariat
The chair of the board of management is Mr A.J.M. (Loek) Sibbing. Loek Sibbing is also managing director of the Unilever pension fund Progress. Mr F. (Frans) Prins is the director of OPF.

Main issues
OPF represents the affiliated funds especially in contacts with government bodies like the department of labour, supervisory bodies and political officials. Furthermore, OPF supplies several services to their affiliates, for example codes of conduct and reference documents for pension funds.

Membership EFRP
OPF is one of the members of the European Federation of Retirement Provision (EFRP). The EFRP, seated in Brussels, represents the various national associations of pension funds and similar institutions for pension provision. The EFRP has members in most EU member states.

Other pension fund organisations in the Netherlands
There are two other organisations for pension funds in the Netherlands:

• The Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB, www.vb.nl)
• Association of Occupational Pension Funds (UvB, www.uvb.nl)

For further information:
Frans Prins, director OPF, tel. +31 (0)70 3490189; cell phone: + 31 (0) 6-53284717