Sander van Eijkern

Robeco Private Equity is one of the private equity divisions within Robeco Alternative Investments which is the alternative investment division of Robeco Institutional Asset Management BV, a European investment manager founded in 1929 and based in Rotterdam with offices and teams in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia. In 2001 Robeco became part of the privately-owned Rabobank group (also known as Coöperatieve Centrale Raifeissen-Boerenleenbank BA). In late 2006 Robeco established a strategic alliance for sustainable investing with the Swiss-based group SAM-Sustainable Asset Management. Based in Rotterdam, Robeco Private Equity pursues the group's mainstream private equity activities, primarily fund-of-fund management and sector-specialized structured products. They also have a presence in New York. Their clients are institutions and private individuals. Robeco's private equity team started managing funds-of-funds in 2001 and pioneered ESG-focused FoF in 2004. They reorganized mid-2009 when part of the team relocated to Zurich to cooperate closely with SAM. The Switzerland-based team focuses on the clean tech and sustainable sectors, as well as on direct private equity investments.

The Group's principal activity is that of an investment institution, registered in the Netherlands Antilles, offering variable capital investment in fixed-income securities (mainly bonds) for clients seeking worldwide diversification. Other activities include transactions relatied to securities, treasury, derivatives, custody, securities lending and sale and purchase of own shares, fund-administration services and management activities. The company is part of the Robeco group and within the Robeco group it specialises in the investment of bonds.

SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG (SAM) is the Swiss investment advisory subsidiary of RobecoSAM AG, ultimately owned by Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA in The Netherlands. Established in 1995 as an investment management firm, SAM is headquartered in Zurich and has branches and representative offices in the US, Australia, Italy, Germany and Sweden. The firm specializes in sustainable investments and manages discretionary/advisory mandates as well as mutual funds for private individuals and institutional clients such as banks, insurance companies, pension funds and foundations.

Rolinco NV is an open-ended mutual fund with variable capital. It engages in the investment of global equity funds. The company was founded on in 1929 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Trebol Asset Management SA (TAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 2006, TAM provides discretionary wealth advisory and management services to individual and institutional clients.