Expertise
My research interests are concentrated in the fields of finance, with a specialization to pension funds and pension fund management. My work also focuses on the design, implementation and governance of investment processes of institutional investors.
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Publications
Principal publications- Investment Beliefs: every asset manager should have them, (with Kees Koedijk), working paper for the ICPM/Netspar October 2007 conference
- Performance of International Banks, (with Arjen Mulder), 2007, working paper
- Investment Beliefs, (with Kees Koedijk), Journal of Portfolio Management, 2006
- The Internationalization of Banks: Patterns, Strategies and Performance, 2006, Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking & Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Education
PhD. Economics (cum laude), RSM/Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2004, PhD supervisors: Dick van Wensveen and Rob van Tulder, Title of PhD thesis: Banking Across Borders, Erasmus Research Institute for Management, nr. 41.
Career
- Chief Investment Officer, Pensioenfonds Stork, 2009 - present
- Policy Advisor, PGGM Investments, 2005-2009
- Assistant professor, RSM Erasmus University, department of financial management, 2005-2007
- Project manager, PGGM Investments, 2002-2004
- Senior Investment strategist, PGGM Investments, 2000-2001
- Manager research, KBW Wesselius Effectenbank, Fortis Group, 1997-2000
- Private banker, KBW Wesselius Effectenbank, Fortis Group, 1997-2000
Publications
Principal publications- Investment Beliefs: every asset manager should have them, (with Kees Koedijk), working paper for the ICPM/Netspar October 2007 conference
- Performance of International Banks, (with Arjen Mulder), 2007, working paper
- Investment Beliefs, (with Kees Koedijk), Journal of Portfolio Management, 2006
- The Internationalization of Banks: Patterns, Strategies and Performance, 2006, Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking & Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan.
Click here for the extended list of publications 
Contact detailsRoom K 228
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
Director CentER Applied Research
Tilburg School of Economics and Management
CentER Research Office