Petra is Division Director Payments and Market Infrastructure at the Dutch Central Bank since Feb 2017. The division is the operator of the Dutch Central Bank and is also responsible for oversight as well as research and policy related to payments and marketinfrastructure including big data analysis, DLT/crypto’s and CCP’s. The Cyber Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank is part of the division as well as is the the TIBER-NL program (Threat Intelligence Based Ethical Red teaming).

Petra joined the Dutch Central Bank in February 2007 working in the supervisory policy division. In 2013 she became Head Insurance Policy and was appointed Head of the DNB Expert Center for Fit & Proper testing in 2015, assessing (supervisory and management) board members in the financial sector. Prior to joining the Dutch Central Bank Petra had an international career in the oil and gas industry.
Petra is a member of the CPMI as wel as the CPMI/IOSCO Steering Group. She is also co-chair of the fmiCBCM working groep of the FSB. Further she is a member of the Supervisory Board en Executive Committee of Child and Youth Finance International.

Petra has a European Masters in Law & Economics and a Masters in Russian Studies. Petra is married and proud mother of three children.