Suitability And Integrity Screening – Seven Practical Tips

In recent years, DNB's screening process for prospective managing and supervisory directors of financial undertakings has been heavily criticised. The criticism was directed mainly at the suitability screening and raised the lack of transparency of the process and the legal protection of the involved parties. DNB has taken the criticism to heart and has published new fact sheets with additional information and organised information meetings about the screening process. Also, an external evaluation commission has been appointed to see if the current screening process is adequate. This commission will also look at AFM screening.

In addition to improving its transparency and communication, DNB also aims to improve legal protection and the legal certainty of the screening process. To achieve this, the supervisory authority will, as an experiment and on an interviewee's request, record the screening interview. The interviewee will also be allowed to have someone at the