The early part of his professional life, René spent with UBS Securities, first in London and later in New York, where he was responsible for the firm’s proprietary non-Dollar Fixed-Income trading in the Western Hemisphere.
The next 15 years, René spent with ING as a career-expatriate and held various senior management positions. Originally hired as Global Head of Capital Markets, his later responsibilities included Vice Chairman of ING’s International Private Bank, a global private bank with 29 offices in 24 countries, and CEO and President of ING’s banking business in the U.S. During his career René was fortunate to have been given the opportunity to live in places as diverse as London, New York, San Francisco, The Netherlands Antilles, Geneva, and Singapore.
Following his career with ING, René worked at the crossroads of insurance and capital markets. He was a co-founder of a highly successful boutique investment bank that rapidly became the premier financier for structured insurance products.
René obtained his Masters in Macro-Economics from the University of Amsterdam.
