Remco V. Eeuwijk, Head of Investment Risk & Performance, ABN AMRO

Remco van Eeuwijk has been an active practitioner of and participant in performance and risk measurement for asset management since 1997. As Global Head of Investment Risk & Performance at ABN AMRO Asset Management from 2006 to 2008, he was responsible for performance and risk measurement for more than EUR 200 billion in AUM with a staff of 25 in 5 locations. From 2004 to 2006, Remco was Managing Director at Wilshire Associates, leading a team of 20 staff with responsibility for research, development, and client servicing for the Wilshire’s risk and performance analytics products in EMEA. Remco started his career at ING Investment Management, first as Quantitative Analyst, focusing on risk and performance measurement for equity portfolios and structured products, and from 2000 to 2004 as Head of Risk and Performance.

Remco has been active in the GIPS governance structure, most recently as the EFFAS representativee to the Regional Investment Performance Subcommittee for EMEA (RIPS EMEA). He has also been a member of the VBA Investment Performance Committee, the Dutch country sponsor of GIPS, a representative for the Netherlands to the predecessor of RIPS EMEA, and the chair of several sub-committees of RIPS EMEA. Remco is also a regular presenter on risk and performance measurement topics at various industry conferences.

Remco became a CFA Charter holder in 2001 and holds a Ph.D. Candidacy and M.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, U.S.A. and a B.A. Honours in Economics from the University of Alberta, Canada.
Remco is married without children, lives in London, and enjoys playing the saxophone or reading historical novels in his spare time.