"I love the market, it is my work, my play and my life."

Rene Rivkin

  Erik L. van Dijk (1962)
CEO & CIO


- Partner. Twenty years experience: consultant in the USA (in collaboration with Harry Markowitz), CEO of Palladyne Asset Management,
- Head of Quantitative Research & Investments at Fortis Investments.
- Various positions in academia related to investments and finance.
- Member of S&P’s Society of Industry Leaders.
- Erik is also active in the international chess world, both within the Dutch federation and FIDE, the chess world's governing body.
   
  Eurydice Amstelveen (1971)
Senior Investment Manager 


- Six years of experience in Investment Management.
- Eurydice’s primary area of responsibility has shifted from Global Tactical Asset Allocation to Emerging Markets. Eurydice will lead the Emerging Markets team, specializing in Latin American and African Markets.
- MBA, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
   
Marcela Gia Betiu (1975)
Director of Operations


- Twelve years of experience in IT (formerly as founder and managing director of Share Dimension and before that, in Philips and Compaq).
- Gia is responsible for Operations and Compliance.
- Gia is originally from Romania. Her knowledge of and network within Eastern Europe are of great use to the Emerging Markets team.
   
  Tea Lanchava (1974)
Investment Manager
 

- Three years of experience in Investment Management.
- Tea’s main responsibilities lie within the Fiduciary Consulting / Manager Selection unit.
- Tea is originally from Georgia and a former World Youth Champion and Ladies European #2 in Chess, first representing the Soviet Union and Russia and later the Netherlands. Her inside knowledge and network in Russia make her a valuable colleague within the Emerging Markets team as well.
   
 Sebastian Negomireanu Sebastian Negomireanu (1982)
Chief Technology Officer


- Seba has 6 years of relevant IT experience.
- He played an important role in the development of our GTAA Suite and ExpecTAA asset allocation tools.
- Seba’s main responsibility is the creation of tailor-made software applications that will assist our clients and ensure optimal transparency of our manager selection and investment process.
- Seba holds a Master degree in Computer Science from Sibiu University in Romania.
   
Alin Rusu Alin Rusu (1982)
Risk management & Research


- Alin specializes in risk management / optimization.
- He is currently working on his PhD degree in the latter area as well (Thesis Title: Problems of Reconstruction and Maximum Entropy).
- He holds a Master degree in Applied Statistics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Bucharest (Romania).
- His programming skills make him an important bridge between the investment and technology team.