Supervisory Board
Our Supervisory Board, consisting of three persons, supervises the Anthos Board of Directors (see below for more information).
Leen Meijaard, Chairman
Leen joined Anthos as Chairman of the Supervisory Board in 2021. He has over thirty six years’ experience in portfolio management and leadership executive positions within the investment industry. He is now the chairman of several supervisory boards including Achmea Investment Management. Previously, he was Managing Director EMEA at Blackrock for 15 years, a Director at Fidelity Investments and a senior portfolio manager at Robeco. Prior to that he worked at the ministry of finance at The Hague.
Overview of current (ancillary) positions:
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board - Achmea Investment Management B.V.
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board – Achmea Real Estate B.V.
- Member of the Supervisory Board - OBAM IM B.V.
- Board member - Dutch Venture Initiative S.A. SICAR
Michael Schmidt
Mr M. (Michael) Schmidt joined the Supervisory Board on 1 April 2023. He has some 30 years of investment management and leadership experience in the asset management industry. Amongst his various advisory roles for corporate strategy, investments and sustainability he currently works as Advisory Partner at United Sustainability GmbH. He is also a Supervisory Board member of LAIQON AG, where he previously held positions as Senior Advisor to the Board, member of the Executive Board and Chief Investment Officer. Before, he successively was member of the Executive Boards of Union Investment GmbH and Deka Investment GmbH, after he had worked as equity portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management/DWS Investments and Deutsche Bank. Mr Schmidt holds German nationality.
Overview of current (ancillary) positions:
- Advisory Partner – United Sustainability GmbH
- Member of the Supervisory Board - LAIQON AG, Germany
Hélène Vletter-van Dort
Hélène joined Anthos as a member on the Supervisory Board in 2021. She has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession in a number of noteworthy positions. After training and practising as a lawyer, she became a judge and professor of Financial Law & Governance at Erasmus School of Law.
Overview of current (ancillary) positions:
- Professor Financial Law & Governance - Erasmus School of Law
- Member Supervisory Board & Member Audit/Risk committee & Member Digitalisation committee – NPO
- Partner - De Bestuurskamer B.V.
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Chair of the Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee – STMicroelectronics
- Member Nominating Committee - Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
- Member of the Board – VEUO
- Member of the Board – International Center for Financial Law & Governance (ICFG)
Board of Directors & Management Team
The Anthos Fund & Asset Management (Anthos) Board of Directors is ultimately responsible for portfolio management and investment services, while each asset class investment team has its own Chief Investment Officer (CIO). This means there is full autonomy of investment decisions, which translates to speed, efficiency, aligned incentives as well as uncorrelated decisions across the different teams.
The Anthos Board of Directors is also responsible for maintaining a governance model that enforces strong internal control and contributes to our commitment to integrity, ethical values and operational excellence. We recognise that taking risks is part of doing business, it is even necessary to create value for clients. Nevertheless, we have taken measures to guarantee quality in both the organisation and the structure of our processes.
Jacco Maters, CEO and Chair of Anthos Board of Directors
Jacco joined Anthos in 2018 as CEO and Chair of Anthos Board of Directors. He has over twenty five years’ experience as an investor and senior director in the international investment sector. Before Anthos, he was CEO and Group CIO of Delta Lloyd Asset Management, with ultimate responsibility for Delta Lloyd Group's investment strategies. Previously, his career included positions as Group Head Equity and Group Head Derivatives at Allianz in Germany and Head of Structured Solutions as a Senior Vice President at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie.
Jelle Ritzerveld, Chief Risk and Innovation Officer and Member of Anthos Board of Directors
Jelle Ritzerveld joined Anthos as CRIO at the start of 2023. Jelle has a proven track record over 15 years in financial services, managing supervisory stakeholders, and efficiently implementing innovation and change. In the past few years he worked at Aegon, lastly as Chief of Staff & Chief Transformation Officer at Aegon Nederland, where he was responsible for the full Aegon Nederland change portfolio, including the Data & Digital domain. Prior to this, Jelle held Chief Risk Officer positions at Aegon Group, Aegon Blue Square Re (Aegon’s global reinsurance company), Delta Lloyd Asset Management, and Kempen Capital Management.
Roger Dayala, Head of Investments
Roger joined Anthos in 2016 as Managing Director Hedge Funds & Commodities. In 2019, he became Head of Investment Department. He has over 20 years’ experience in asset management, broking and private banking. He has gained significant experience across the asset class universe, with an excellent public track record in asset allocation, equities, fixed income, convertibles, hedge funds and commodities. Before Anthos, he held roles at BNP Paribas in Amsterdam and Deutsche Bank in both London and Zurich. Previously, he had roles as MD Hedge Funds & Commodities, Head of Global Fixed Income, Head Advisory (across all asset classes) & Equities PM (lead).
Marjolein van Dongen, Chief Client Officer
Marjolein van Dongen joined Anthos in 2024. Marjolein is a widely recognized professional in our industry. Her former work experience includes Van Lanschot Bankiers (2005-2016) where she fulfilled various roles, lastly as a member of the Management Team of the Private Banking division in the Netherlands. From 2016-2020 she worked at Amundi, in the capacity of Deputy Country Head Amundi Netherlands and Head of ESG BeNeLux. She subsequently joined NN Investment Partners as Head of the wholesale affiliate business. In 2022 she rejoined Amundi after the acquisition of NN IP by Goldman Sachs.
