Executive Committee

Gilbert Van Hassel (1957) has been CEO and chairman of the Executive Committee of Robeco since 19 September 2016.

Gilbert Van Hassel has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, mainly in asset and wealth management, with broad experience in Europe, Asia and the US. Until 2013 he was Global CEO ING Investment Management and Member of the Board Insurance and Asset Management of ING. Before joining ING in 2007, he worked for JP Morgan where he held various executive positions in Europe, Asia and the US.

Gilbert Van Hassel has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp St Ignatius (Belgium), an MBA, with a major in International Finance from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and a Master of Science in Finance from Purdue University (US).

Karin (1977) joined the Executive Committee of Robeco in November 2015 and became COO a year later. She is responsible for Information Technology and Operations.

Effective 1 May 2018, Karin has been appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of the Erasmus University Rotterdam Holding BV.

Karin has held various positions at Robeco, where she has worked since June 2006. Starting in 2009, she headed the Operational Risk Management department, followed by the Global Information Services Department from 2014.

She started her career in the financial services industry in 2004 at Atos Consulting. Karin graduated from Utrecht University and holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics and a Master’s degree in Corporate Law.

Peter Ferket (1968)  is Head of Investments and member of the Executive Committee of Robeco.

Peter has been Chief Investment Officer Equities at Robeco since July 2010. Previously he was Co-Head of the Quantitative Equities team and portfolio manager of the Rolinco fund. Before that he held various positions at Robeco, among which coordinator of the Alpha Group of the Equity department, Head of Quantitative Research and portfolio manager of the Enhanced Indexing strategy. Peter started his career in the investment industry in 1997.

He holds a PhD in Scientific Computing and a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics (cum laude) from Eindhoven University of Technology.

Mark den Hollander (1969) is Chief Financial & Risk Officer and became a member of the Executive Committee of Robeco on 24 June 2019.

Mark has over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry: he held several positions at NN Investment Partners (formerly known as ING Investment Management) (2009-2018) and ABN AMRO Asset Management (1993-2009). His most recent position at NN Investment Partners was CFRO. Before that, he served as CRO (2012-2016) and Managing Director and Head of Investment Solutions (2009-2012). He started his career at ABN AMRO Asset Management in 1993, where he held various positions in portfolio management, equity derivatives and multi-asset solutions before being appointed Chief Investment Officer of Structured Investment Solutions in 2008.

Mark holds a Master’s degree in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martin Nijkamp (1959) is Head of Strategic Product & Business Development. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of Robeco since 1 September 2017.

Martin has 30 years of experience in the asset management industry. From 2008-2017 he was a member of NN Investment Partners’ management team, where his responsibilities included business strategy, integrated client solutions, retail oriented DC solutions and product management & development. Before that, he was managing director Institutional Business Development, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Other positions include that of general manager Portfolio Management ING Investment Management Europe & Emerging Markets and senior economist.

He holds a Master’s degree in Macroeconomics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Christoph von Reiche (1969) is Head of Global Distribution & Marketing. He became a member of the Executive Committee of Robeco on 6 November 2017.

Christoph has 24 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 16 years in asset management, mainly in sales. Previously, he was Head of European Institutional Business at JP Morgan Asset Management in London. From 1995 to 2014, he worked at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, where he held various positions, including country head of Germany, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (2011-2014). He started his career as an analyst in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking division where he worked on M&A and Corporate Finance assignments across industries for four years. During his time at Goldman Sachs, Christoph also worked in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities division for four years, providing financing advice to financial institutions.

Christoph obtained a Master's degree in Foreign Service and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University (US) in 1995.

Victor Verberk (1974) is Deputy Head of Investments and member of the Executive Committee of Robeco.

Victor Verberk has 20 years of experience in the financial industry, mainly as portfolio manager fixed income in various roles. He started his career at Axa Investment Managers in The Hague in 1997. Until 2007 he was a partner at Holland Capital Management. Before that he was active as head of fixed income at Mn Services. Victor has managed global government bond and credit portfolios and has been responsible for building fixed income teams, organizing research and drafting investment processes.

Victor Verberk has a Master’s in Financial Economics from the University of Rotterdam and has completed his postgraduate VBA training at the VU Amsterdam. He is interested in behavioral finance and economics.

Lia Belilos (1962) is Head of Human Resources and became a member of Robeco’s Executive Committee on 1 December 2019.

Before joining Robeco, Lia worked as Chief People Officer at Arcadis. Prior to that, she was Chief Human Resources Officer at KPN. Lia started her career at Royal Dutch Shell, where she held several human resources positions including Human Resources Director for Shell in Asia and Vice President Human Resources for Shell Nederland BV.

Lia has a Master’s degree in Social History from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Master’s degree in European Studies from the University of Reading (UK).