European Investment Team

Gijs Koning

COO - Europe

Portfolio Management, Product Development, Tax and Accounting
Founded Think ETF's together with Martijn Rozemuller
Think ETF's was acquired by VanEck in 2018 and has been rebranded and fully integrated into VanEck in November 2019
Prior to joining was a Partner at trading company Optiver and worked at Kempen
Master's Degree in Financial Economics

Head of Investments

Responsible for development and management of index replication and optimization strategies for Equity and Fixed Income ETFs
Joined Think ETF's, now part of VanEck, in 2013
Master's Business Economics, Finance at University of Amsterdam

Senior Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed Income ETFs
Joined Think ETF's, now part of VanEck, in 2015
Master Financial Economics Erasmus, University Rotterdam
Bachelor Economics and Business, VU University Amsterdam

Head of Capital Markets Europe

Responsible for fair order execution for all European VanEck products. Monitoring spreads, liquidity & market activity is his main priority. He is also responsible for relationship management with market makers, exchanges and other business partners
Joined Think ETF's, now part of VanEck, in 2016 where he started as an ETF Portfolio Manager. In 2021 he switched to Capital Markets
Prior to joining was a Sales Representative at Binckbank
Bachelor Business Economics, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

Senior Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2018
Master's Finance & Investments, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Master's European Business Law, Radboud University Nijmegen

Portfolio Manager

Working on trade execution and settlement, portfolio performance and other portfolio management tasks for Equity and Fixed Income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2020
Master of Science in Financial Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bachelor in Liberal Arts & Sciences, double major in Economics & Business, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2021
Master of Science in Financial Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam

Junior Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2022
Master of Science in Finance, Tilburg University
Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, Tilburg University

Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2022
Master of Science in Finance, University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam

Junior Portfolio Manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2022
Master of Science in Finance, University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Amsterdam

Junior Portfolio manager

Responsible for management of index replication strategies, trading and researching portfolio performance for Equity and Fixed income ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2024
Master of Science in Econometrics and Operations Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Master of Science in Finance, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, TU Delft