From the 22nd of January, I will be a full-time Lecturer at the Finance Department, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University. After a long career in the Financial Industry, I can't wait to go back to the University where I started studying 40 years ago. I am very much looking forward to working with students and colleagues and explore new challenges!

I am an external advisor to The Connector. The art of scaling needs update!If you like to find out more about what The Connector does, take a look here: https://www.jointheconnector.com

Since I started my own company, I have worked for several clients and firms in the financial services industry, helping them to bring their skills, products and services to the attention of key players in the European market. If you are interested in how I can contribute to develop your business in Europe, please reach out. I am looking forward to discuss various options!

The wine-shop is now open, every Saturday between 10 and 16h. Please take a look at the website, which will be improved over time...and...if in the neighbourhood: come and take a look!

Ortec Finance is a global provider of technology and advisory services for risk and return management. Established in Rotterdam in 1981, Ortec Finance has 250 employees who combine mathematical ability, business awareness and practical application to deliver innovative and pragmatic solutions. Our client base operates in the pension, investment management, insurance, real estate and retail & private banking markets and is long-standing and global. We help improve investors’ decision-making and… Show more Ortec Finance is a global provider of technology and advisory services for risk and return management. Established in Rotterdam in 1981, Ortec Finance has 250 employees who combine mathematical ability, business awareness and practical application to deliver innovative and pragmatic solutions. Our client base operates in the pension, investment management, insurance, real estate and retail & private banking markets and is long-standing and global. We help improve investors’ decision-making and decision monitoring. We design, build and apply solutions for asset-liability management, performance measurement and risk attribution. Our solutions derive from the combination of software models and professional advisory services. OPAL Goal Based Planning is unique in its ability to perform goal based financial planning. It applies, based on the professional ALM-systems that Ortec Finance develops for its institutional clients, scenario analysis to the field of private wealth management.In this role, I was responsible for business development of our OPAL UI and API solutions. I was focussing on the following markets: Scandinavia, Germany-Austria-Switzerland and the Middle East.I have built long lasting client relations in the UK, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Show less

Principal consultant at Capgemini Consulting, with activities in the German, Austrian, Swiss and Dutch market. Clients were active in the Private Banking & Asset Management field as well as in Retail Banking. Managed the Market Strategies cluster of Capgemini Consulting The Netherlands. The main themes of the work I did for clients were: Digital Transformation, Business Model Improvement and Post Merger Integrations. Member of the global team of subject matter experts on Private Banking &… Show more Principal consultant at Capgemini Consulting, with activities in the German, Austrian, Swiss and Dutch market. Clients were active in the Private Banking & Asset Management field as well as in Retail Banking. Managed the Market Strategies cluster of Capgemini Consulting The Netherlands. The main themes of the work I did for clients were: Digital Transformation, Business Model Improvement and Post Merger Integrations. Member of the global team of subject matter experts on Private Banking & Wealth Management and spokesperson for the World Wealth Report in The Netherlands.Co-Lead of the cluster Risk Management. Responsible for sales, people management and contracting. Show less

Management Consultant for main contractor Rabobank Investment Advisory Services. Advising the "Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit" in Cairo, Egypt. In this role, I developed a strategy for retail banking.Advising Dutch companies on initiating activities in Poland.

Within the Rabobank Group I have worked in all the various parts of the organization: local banks, head-office, within a group- subsidiary and abroad.Local Banks: I was a manager mortgage & investment advice in a smaller local bank and later a manager private banking in a big local bank, managing a team of 28 people and as such also part of the management team of the bank.At the Head Office, I was a change-consultant for a country wide change program called FAST. This was a project… Show more Within the Rabobank Group I have worked in all the various parts of the organization: local banks, head-office, within a group- subsidiary and abroad.Local Banks: I was a manager mortgage & investment advice in a smaller local bank and later a manager private banking in a big local bank, managing a team of 28 people and as such also part of the management team of the bank.At the Head Office, I was a change-consultant for a country wide change program called FAST. This was a project aimed at increasing sales and saving costs which I did for a group of 25 local banks.The group subsidiary that I worked for is Robeco Asset Management. My role was sales manager related channels: developing products and services for both the local Rabobank branches as well as for international partners in various countries.In april 2005 I was asked to move abroad, to Warsaw, Poland for Rabobank International. I started there at a local acquisition, called Bank BGZ. My position was Advisor to the President of the Management Board. I concentrated on strategy for the retail department and transferring knowledge and business culture from Rabobank to this entity of the group. In 2006, I was asked to join Robeco again, as a Sales Director Central & Eastern Europe, based in Warsaw as well. In this role, I set up a local sales office and focussed on building a team, gaining distributors for our products and increasing brand awareness in Central Europe. Show less

Responsible for managing the European equity portfolio.Selection of external, international, asset managers and monitoring their performance.Creating a business plan for establishing relation management activities between APG and its stakeholders.Secretary of the Investment Committee.

Responsible for developing and teaching course material on the subjects of corporate finance and investment theory.Member of the management team of the Economic Faculty and chairman of the marketing committee.