Press releases & notable news

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Sander van Eijkern steps down from the Management Board of Robeco and as CEO of SAM

Date: February 3, 2010

Hereby we would like to inform you that Sander van Eijkern steps down as Member of the  Management Board of Robeco as of February 1st, 2010. The responsibilities of Van Eijkern  as a member of the Management Board of Robeco will be taken over by its other five members. Van Eijkern will remain a member of the Supervisory Board of Robeco’s subsidiary Transtrend.

At the same time Sander van Eijkern will step down as CEO of SAM. Stephanie Feigt and Michael Baldinger, currently CIO and Head Global Clients & Marketing at SAM respectively, will jointly pick up the responsibility of CEO of SAM during the process of appointing a successor. Leni Boeren will become responsible for SAM on the Management Board of Robeco.

Sander van Eijkern: “I have enjoyed working for Robeco while professionalizing the fixed income operation and pioneering Robeco’s moves into alternative and sustainable investments. I am proud of the acquisitions of Transtrend and SAM. It has been a pleasure to work with so many passionate professionals whom I thank for their dedication.”

Roderick Munsters, CEO Robeco: “Given our differing opinions about Robeco’s future strategy we have agreed to go our separate ways. Following this, Robeco will downsize its Management Board to five members. I thank Sander for all he has done for our company. Lastly, it goes without saying, that SAM as a brand, its unique people and investment capabilities remain of high strategic relevance for Robeco.”