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Hilko de Brouwer joins ODDO BHF Asset Management to accelerate sales Europe-wide
Paris, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Luxembourg, 9 February 2022.
ODDO BHF Asset Management reaffirms its pan-European business development ambitions with institutional clients and distribution partners with the arrival of Hilko de Brouwer, MSc, CFA as global head of sales, effective 1 February 2022.
With client satisfaction as his primary objective, Hilko will be in charge of accelerating sales of all investment solutions covering listed and non-listed assets and of unifying the sales and client-service set-up consisting of about 60 professionals based in Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
With his more than 20 years of international experience in business development – he has worked in Frankfurt, Zurich, London and Amsterdam, among others – Hilko brings a comprehensive understanding of ODDO BHF Asset Management’s markets and client needs. As a member of the Global Management Committee, he will be based in Frankfurt and will report directly to Nicolas Chaput, CEO of ODDO BHF Asset Management.
“I am very happy to welcome Hilko to the ODDO BHF group. His European experience in asset management, his ability to understand our clients’ local specificities, and his natural ability to see others’ points of view will help strengthen our client relationships and accelerate the development of our asset management business in Europe”, said Nicolas Chaput.
“I am delighted to join the ODDO BHF group, a solid player that is unique in Europe. Its active management, its long-standing integration of ESG criteria into its strategies and its entrepreneurial values are all part of the DNA of the Group and ODDO BHF Asset Management. I am convinced that they will be instrumental in successfully addressing tomorrow’s challenges”, added Hilko de Brouwer.
About ODDO BHF Asset Management
With € 65bn billion assets under management as of December 31st, 2021, and 4 investment centres based in Paris, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, and Luxembourg, ODDO BHF AM is a leading asset manager in Europe and part of the Franco-German financial group ODDO BHF that was founded in 1849. It comprises ODDO BHF AM GmbH in Germany, ODDO BHF AM SAS, METROPOLE Gestion and ODDO BHF Private Equity in France, and ODDO BHF AM Lux in Luxembourg.
ODDO BHF AM offers investment solutions in equities, fixed income, asset allocation, private equity and private debt to institutional clients and distribution partners. The proximity to investors and a thorough understanding of clients’ needs are at the heart of its concerns. To this end, ODDO BHF AM relies on a strong local presence in major European cities and in-depth knowledge of the markets in which the management company invests.
ODDO BHF AM’s investment style is characterized by an active and long-term investment approach with the aim to create long-term and sustainable value for its customers. To do so, ODDO BHF AM has been integrating ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria into its investment processes for more than ten years. Accordingly, clients have access to a wide range of sustainable financial solutions across all asset classes.
About ODDO BHF
ODDO BHF is an independent Franco-German financial services group, with a history stretching back over 170 years. It was created from the alliance of a French family-owned business built up by five generations of stockbrokers and a German bank specialising in Mittelstand companies. With 2,500 employees (1,300 in Germany and Switzerland and 1,200 in France and Tunisia), and more than 125 billion euros in assets under management, ODDO BHF operates in three main businesses, based on significant investment in market expertise: private banking, asset management and corporate and investment banking. The Group has a specific ownership structure as 65% of its capital is held by the Oddo family and 25 % by employees. This “partnership” ethos guarantees the long-term involvement of its teams. In 2020, ODDO BHF generated net banking income of 624 million euros, and at 31 December 2020, the Group had over 940 million euros of shareholders' equity.
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