Zalm will be the new CEO of the bank resulting from the merger of ABN and Fortis Netherlands, two recently nationalized banks. This new position came under scrutiny after Zalm's previous employer DSB went bankrupt in 2009. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and the central bank both investigated Zalm's role in DSB's final years, with AFM concluding that he was "not competent" and should be dismissed from ABN AMRO's board, while DNB decided to keep Zalm in his position. Personal Zalm is a fan of the game of pinball and during his second term as Minister of Finance he had a pinball machine in his department. He is an honorary member of the Dutch Pinball Association. In 2004 he had a cameo appearance in the movie Cool! by Theo van Gogh. In January 2019, in an episode of the Dutch version of Who Do You Think You Are?, it became known that Zalm is related to rebel leader and pirate Pier Gerlofs Donia, through his mother's family. Decorations Honorary degrees References External links Official Dr. G. (Gerrit) Zalm Parlement & Politiek 1952 births Living people Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Danske Bank people Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Directors of the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Directors of Shell plc Dutch agnostics Dutch autobiographers Dutch bankers Dutch chief executives in the finance industry Dutch corporate directors Dutch financial advisors Dutch financial analysts Dutch people of Scottish descent Financial economists Dutch conservative liberals Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Leaders of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Social and Economic Council Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands People from Enkhuizen Politicians from The Hague People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Pinball players Political economists Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch economists 20th-century Dutch educators 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch businesspeople 21st-century Dutch economists 21st-century Dutch educators 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch politicians