Boston, MA, 19 January 2021 – FCLTGlobal, a non-profit organization that develops research and tools that encourage long-term business and investing, announced today that Ronald Wuijster (CEO, APG Asset Management) has joined its board of directors. APG Asset Management, the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, formally became a member of FCLTGlobal in January 2021.

Ronald Wuijster is APG’s Executive Board member responsible for asset management and serves as CEO of APG Asset Management N.V. Ronald has over 20 years of investment experience, including 16 years in commercial asset management and 5 years in pension fund management. From 2010 to 2017, Ronald served as Chief Client Officer and then as Chief Investment Officer at APG Asset Management. Ronald worked as Managing Director Strategic Portfolio Management from 2006 to 2010, first at ABP and from 2008 at APG. Before Ronald joined ABP, he worked at Robeco Groep N.V. where he initially started in 1990 as Senior Portfolio Manager and went on to hold various managing directorships in the areas of corporate strategy, development, equities, private equity and research, among other positions until he joined Dutch pension fund, ABP in 2006. Ronald studied Business Economics and law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Finance and Accounting at the London School of Economics in London and Psychology at Leiden University.

FCLTGlobal’s board directors hold leadership roles in the institute’s member organizations. Members participate in action-oriented programming, fund ongoing operations, and actively contribute to current research initiatives that promote long-term oriented strategies for companies and investors worldwide.

“FCLTGlobal has worked closely with APG for many years – with Ronald joining our board, APG will make a lasting impact on the path of our organization and its mission. Our focus has always been to highlight the perspectives of organizations across the investment value chain, and Ronald and APG are a critical voice in the global asset management community,” said Sarah Keohane Williamson, FCLTGlobal’s CEO and a member of the board (ex-officio).

“FCLTGlobal’s mission to develop and drive long-term and sustainable approaches to business strategy and capital management is one that APG, as a pension investor, wholeheartedly shares.” said Ronald Wuijster, CEO of APG Asset Management N.V. “I am pleased to be appointed to the FCLTGlobal Board and am ready to work alongside the management team and my fellow board members to contribute to effecting change.”

Alongside Wuijster’s appointment, APG Asset Management became a Member of FCLTGlobal on 1 January. As the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, APG looks after the pensions of 4.7 million participants. APG works for pension funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning, housing associations, sheltered employment organizations, medical specialists, and architects. APG manages approximately €564 billion (December 2020) in pension assets. With approximately 3,000 employees it works from Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.

FCLTGlobal’s full Board of Directors and Strategic Advisory can be found below:

Board of Directors

Carmine Di Sibio, Global Chairman and CEO, EY

Adena Friedman, CEO and President, Nasdaq
Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive, Schroders

Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever

Kewsong Lee, Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group

Chow Kiat Lim, CEO, GIC

Mark Machin, President and CEO, CPP Investments

Geraldine Matchett, CFO, Royal DSM

David Neal, CEO, IFM Investors

Kevin Sneader, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Howard Ungerleider, President and CFO, Dow Chemical Company

Theresa J. Whitmarsh, Executive Director, Washington State Investment Board

Sarah Keohane Williamson, CEO, FCLTGlobal (ex-officio)

Mark Wiedman, Senior Managing Director, BlackRock

Ronald Wuijster, CEO, APG Asset Management

Lei Zhang, Founder and CEO, Hillhouse Capital Group

Strategic Advisors

Else Bos, Executive Director and Chair of Prudential Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons

Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Founder and Chief Executive, Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism

Martin Lipton, Founding Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Andrew N. Liveris, Senior Advisor, Teneo

Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School

Paul Polman, Co-founder, IMAGINE

Mark Weinberger, Former Global Chairman and CEO, EY

About FCLTGlobal

FCLTGlobal is a non-profit organization that develops research and tools that encourage long-term investing. Our Membership is comprised of global asset owners, asset managers, and companies that play a leading role in rebalancing capital markets for sustainable growth. To learn more, visit www.fcltglobal.org.

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