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.

Monique Donga (1965) is a member of the Executive Committee. Monique Donga has been Head of Human Resources at Robeco since February 2013. Monique joined Robeco in April 2008 as Head of Human Resources Advisory.

Before joining Robeco, she held various positions at IBM as a Consultant and Manager in Business Development, Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Monique's last job with IBM was HR Director IBM Netherlands. Before joining IBM in January 2000, she held various positions at other ICT companies.

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.

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 22 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 14 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), which he joined in a sales role in 2003. He started his career as an analyst in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking division. 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 in the 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.

Daniel Wild is RobecoSAM’s Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of RobecoSAM’s Executive Committee. In addition, Daniel is advisor to the Executive Committee at Robeco as Global Head of Sustainability and Impact.

Prior to joining RobecoSAM in 2006, Daniel led infrastructure financing programs in Southeastern Europe and Asia for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco). From 1999 to 2004, Daniel headed the Environmental Technology Department at EBP, a Swiss engineering and consulting firm.

Daniel holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University (USA). Daniel is a Board Member of Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF), a lecturer for sustainability investing at the European Business School, and has held various advisory functions at organizations like GRI or UNEP FI in the past.