Victor was appointed Head of Multinational Clients Coverage, Asia-Pacific in July 2016. He has over 21 years of banking experience which started in ING in Spain. In his previous role, Victor headed the Asia Desk (based in Amsterdam) for five years and was responsible for connecting Asia and Europe. He was also instrumental in some major deals for Asia outbound such as the financing of ChemChina’s acquisitions of Syngenta and Pirelli, the first high yield bond for Motherson or Indorama’s acquisitions in The Netherlands and Spain.
Victor received his MBA from Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business. He has been a Professor of Emerging Markets Finance at CUNEF University in Madrid for 7 years.

Maarten Bijl serves as the CEO of Guangzhou head quartered SHV Energy China since July 2016. SHV Energy is a family-owned multinational that consists of a group of specialized energy companies which provide people and businesses with decentralized personalized energy solutions and services (LPG, LNG, Biofuels).
Maarten has served on the board of the European Chamber of South China since April 2019.
Before coming to China, Maarten worked in different countries in strategy, commercial and general management roles. He started his career in 2003 at TNT Express on the commercial side of global supply chains, which took him to China for the first time in 2004. Maarten holds an MSc aerospace engineering from the Technical University of Delft and an Executive MBA degree of RSM business school.

Roland has worked in banking for 26 years and started his career at Deutsche Bank where he was involved in equity, fixed income and derivative areas, mostly in Japan. He then held senior positions at UBS and BNP Paribas in London before joining the Royal Bank of Scotland to help build the debt capital market franchise for corporate clients in Europe. In 2008, Roland relocated to Hong Kong and as Managing Director spearheaded the bank’s effort in Corporate Financings and Advisory for conglomerates across Asia Pacific.
Post his institutional banking career Roland started his own online financial publishing activity called Expertise Asia in 2016, a daily blog which is widely read in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. This endeavour has been focusing on communicating analysis as well as thought-provoking and controversial opinions on the global financial system and current affairs. In addition, he took up a role as partner at Orfi Capital, a Hong Kong-based fund manager specializing in liquid credit investments.
Roland holds a degree in business administration and international politics from Johannes Kepler University in Austria and Syracuse University in New York.

Arnout van Rijn is CIO Asia Pacific as well as Fund Manager of Robeco Asia-Pacific Equities and Robeco Asian Stars Equities.
Arnout has over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry. From inception in 1994 until 2000, he was Fund Manager of Robeco Emerging Markets Equities. He held several positions in Robeco's Equities Investments Department covering European, Asian and American markets.
Arnout holds a master’s degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and is registered with the Dutch Securities Institute.
Arnout was awarded as “CIO of the Year in Asia” in 2015 by Asia Asset Management and the "most consistent fund manager" in 2013.

Sjoerd den Daas is the East Asia correspondent for Dutch public broadcaster NOS, based in Beijing. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Sino-American tech-war to the repression of ethnic minorities in the western province of Xinjiang and the Belt and Road. Aiming to provide a broad audience with a window on China, helping to navigate through the complex environment of China’s new normal. Mr. Den Daas previously worked for the Dutch Financial Daily and RTL, and has been working in China since 2015.