Mark Van Loon Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

My work entails:• Project and programme management• Board level interactions with financial institutions; mainly trading venues/ CCPs/ banks• Setting strategic and operational priorities• Applying an eco-system perspective to the financial markets• Discussing legal norms in the context of policy objectives and market realities.• Anticipating the interplay between regulation and market practice • Developing assessment frameworks e.g. for benchmarking exercises• Assessing governance, risk management practices, and hard and soft controls• Evaluating IT controls and IT outsourcing• Conscious application of influencing strategiesWhilst working at the AFM I’ve always been drawn to problems for which no off-the-shelf solution was available. In solving them, I could always rely on my strong conceptual and problem-solving skills, my lateral thinking and creativity, and also on my ability to listen, challenge people, and generate buy-in for ideas. Being placed in leadership roles over the years allowed me to hone my managing and coaching skills.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

I initially chose a career in the financial sector motivated by a desire to demystify – for myself at least - the arcane and engrossing machine that is the capital markets. A machine that had failed so spectacularly in 2008. Thinking like a true engineer, I figured it would be great to help make it more fit-for-purpose. NB: 10+ years in, I have a much better understanding of the inner workings of the capital markets as a complex, interconnected and IT-enabled system. I also have first-rate knowledge of all that is done to prop up the stability of the system. I now find myself dwelling on new questions as to what fit-for-purpose actually means: on avoiding the pitfalls of excessive financialisation of the economy, and on how to overcome the drawbacks of unmitigated capitalism in steering value creation; As an AFM trainee, I worked on various assignments within three different AFM departments over the course of two years. My assignments covered capital markets strategy, policy matters regarding clearing and settlement, developing IT-tools and performance measurements, and conducting formal enquiries and interviews.

Guest publication based on the Dutch translation of my Tilburg graduation thesis; accompanied the official WRR report on Policy, Information and Technology.

Investigating the effectiveness of the principal-agent relationship between the Dutch government and ICTU in jointly conducting large ICT projects in the public domain.

Conducting my graduation thesis research whilst assisting in the implementation of an innovative cost-effective engine availability programme for a mature engine type.

Producing an aircraft operations and maintenance manual for the aircraft finance section.

Hosting tutorial sessions for two groups of 14 TU Delft master students each, one of which conducted in Dutch and one in English. Supporting them in writing their essays for the class and grading them.

Bsc; Msc, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: VSV Leonardo da Vinci, symposium committee, study tour '07, tutorial teacher Ethics & Engineering

Llm, Law And Technology

Activities and Societies: Magister JFT

Msc, Risk Management For Financial Institutions

"Unlike other degree programmes, this one includes not only economic and mathematical modelling but also includes the latest insights.

Llb, Law (Minor In Business Studies)

Activities and Societies: JFV Grotius, New York Talent Trip '07

Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma

"Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that relies on a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing waste.

Cfa - Passed Level 1 On First Attempt - Chose Not To Enroll For Level 2

"The CFA Program bridges industry practice, investment theory, and ethical and professional standards to provide investment analysis.