Jacques van Dijken, the new president of PensionsEurope, wants to rid the organisation of its two-tier membership structure, giving every country equal influenceThe current distinction of A- and B-memberships at PensionsEurope, the association for European pension funds, is “artificial and archaic” and needs reform, according to the organisation’s new president Jacques Van Dijken. The best way to do that is if everyone is equal,” Van Dijken told IPE’s sister publication Pensioen Pro in an interview. Currently, PensionsEurope has a two-tier membership structure with A-members and B-members. Van Dijken wants to rid PensionsEurope of its two-tier structure to get all countries “behind our mission to increase the importance of second pillar pensions,” he said. Associate membersBesides reforming the membership structure, Van Dijken also wants to increase PensionsEurope’s base of associate members.