The Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba is responsible for advising the governments of the public entities and the Minister, and for the guidance of the executive councils with the daily financial management.
The Board has the role to control and correct the financial administration of the public entities. This includes structuring and composing of the budget and the formulation of decisions with financial consequences.
The task of the Board in the budgetary process is to control and sometimes to compel. The Board advises on the draft budget, and it may also give recommendations for adaptations of the budget. The Board has to be given the opportunity to advise on adaptations of the budget as well. The Board has an important role on the supervision of the financial management of the public entities. The Board may at any time execute a review of the financial management and the arrangement of the financial organization, make agreements on this matter with executive councils and if necessary give instructions.
Raymond Gradus
Chairman
Raymond Gradus (1962) is chairman of the Boards of financial supervision starting July 1st, 2017. Gradus studied general and business econometrics at the Katholieke Universiteit Brabant. In 1990 he obtained a doctoral degree in the economic science. Prof. Gradus has considerable administrative experience in the area of economic and financial management. At the beginning of his career (1984-1992) he worked as a scientific researcher and university lecturer. Subsequently (1992-2007) he held various (managerial) positions at the ministries of social affairs and employment, amongst others as director of Financial Economics (FEZ) and of Economic Affairs and Finance, which he combined with the function of (part-time) senior lecturer in financial and economic policy (1996-2004). In the following years (2008-2015) he was director of the Scientific Institute for the CDA. Since 2004 he is professor in governance and economics of the public and nonprofit sector at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Besides he is affiliated with the accounting department and the Zijlstra Center for Public Control, Leadership and Governance. In addition he is member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the audit committee of the Haagse Hogeschool and member of the Programme Board Institute for Public Sector Efficiency. additional functions
Herbert Domacassé
Member upon proposal of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Herbert Domacassé (1947) has been a member of the Board of financial supervision upon proposal of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba since July 1st, 2017. Domacassé has amongst others a BA and MA degree in Theological Studies which he earned at the Vision University Puerto Rico with a major in Leadership. He also completed the full NIBE Banking Training and followed specialization courses in the banking world and two years of law at the University of the Netherlands Antilles. Domacassé began his career at the Bonaire Tourist Office (1968-1969), where after he switched to the banking world in which he was active for more than thirty years (1969-2002), except from 1982 to 1983 when he was island and national receiver. During that time he worked with the ABN and MCB bank on Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba. After that (2002-2003), administrative functions followed: first as Minister of Traffic and Transport (Telecommunications) and then as Minister of Education, Sports and Culture for the former Netherlands Antilles. Mr. Domacassé completed his administrative career as lieutenant governor of Bonaire (2003-2008). Currently he is the director of his consulting firm KARA Management & Consultant B.V. Domacassé is affiliated with various training institutes in Bonaire, Aruba and Curaçao and is active in various organizations, including the Open Heart Ministries for Families and the Krusada Foundation, an addiction care organization. He is also member of the Board of Supervision of the Pensioenfonds Caribisch Nederland. additional functions
Henk Kamp
Member upon proposal of the Netherlands
Mr. H.G.J. (Henk) Kamp (1952) is member of the Boards of financial supervision upon proposal of the Netherlands since July 1st, 2018. Kamp has very broad experience in both the administrative and the political field. As from 1976 for many years he has been a member of the municipal council and alderman of Borculo in Gelderland, and from 1987 to 1994 he was also a member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland. Afterwards he made the switch to national politics, when he became a member of Parliament (Second Chamber). Next, Kamp held subsequently four ministerial posts. He was respectively Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, of Defense, if Social Affairs and of Employment and Economic Affairs. In the Caribbean part of the Kingdom Henk Kamp is mainly known for his role as the first commissioner for the Caribbean Netherlands, a position he held from 2009 onwards. His task was to lead the transformation of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius into public entities. Besides his work at the Cft, Henk Kamp is engaged with various social organizations. He is chairman of the branch association of nursing home care and district nursing ActiZ, as well as chairman of the supervisory board of the Stichting Ziekenhuis Groep Twente. Furthermore he is a member of the advisory board of the Kaak Group in Terborg. additional functions