I am currently an Associate Professor of Finance at Maastricht University and also hold a position Utrecht University in The Netherlands.
For more than two decades, my research and education has primarily focused on sustainable finance and investments, with publications targeted at both academic and practitioner-focused journals. My research has focused on (i) how sustainability (ESG) issues affect the financial market, investment portfolio management, active ownership, corporate behavior, and firm valuation, and (ii) how regulatory initiatives affect the behavior of investors and companies towards sustainability issues.
Beyond research I have developed two MSc. programs on Sustainable Finance and taught professional, postgraduate, MBA, and executive courses for Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Dutch Financial Analysts Association (VBA/VU Amsterdam), Duisenberg School of Finance, TIAS Business School, and Maastricht University. Previously, I held academic positions at Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University), Tilburg University, and Open University in the Netherlands.
Associate Professor of Finance (part-time): 2023 - present, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
Associate Professor of Finance (part-time): 2020 - present, Utrecht University School of Economics
Associate Professor of Finance: 2015 - 2020, Open University of the Netherlands
Assistant Professor, 2009 - 2015: Tilburg University (TISEM), Department of Economics
Assistant Professor, 2006-2007, RSM Erasmus University, Finance Department
Assistant Professor of Finance, 2006 - 2023, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
Phd Researcher (Phd Candidate), 2003 - 2006, RSM Erasmus University, Finance Department
Researcher, 2003, RSM Erasmus University, Finance Department
Moskowitz prize judge (2009 - )
Netspar Research Council (2025 - )
Academic Review Board member, PGGM Investments, Systematic Equity Strategies (2022 - present)
Amsterdam Institute of Finance, 2014 - 2017 (Co-coordinator and teacher, Foundations of Finance)
Amsterdam VU (VBA opleiding), Coordinator equity portfolio management ("Actief aandelenportefeuillebeheer", 2008 -2012).
2024: BNP Paribas Asset Management Best Paper Award for best overall research at the GRASFI conference (with Kayshani Gibbon, Kees Koedijk and Dirk Gerritsen).
2014: Excellent Teacher Award (Msc. Courses), Tilburg University.
2014: Faculty’s Excellent Graduate Educator Award, Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics.
2013: Best Discussant Award at the 2013 Marketing Meets Wallstreet Conference, Frankfurt.
2012: United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing/Sustainalytics Research Award for Best Academic Paper at the 2012 PRI/CBERN Conference (with A. Borgers, J. ter Horst and K. Koedijk), 2012.
2012: European Financial Management Best Paper Award: Top Download, “The Economic Value of Corporate Eco-Efficiency” (with N. Guenster, R. Bauer and K. Koedijk).
2007: “2007 European Prize on Finance and Sustainable Development” for best research contribution in the field of sustainable development (best dissertation), awarded by French Social Investment Forum, Paris.
2005: “2005 European Prize on Finance and Sustainable Development” for best research contribution in the field of sustainable development (best article), awarded by French Social Investment Forum.
2005: "Moskowitz Prize” for best quantitative research in the area of socially responsible investments, awarded by the Haas School of Business and the U.S. Social Investment Forum, September 2005.