Neuberger Berman Hires Fekko Ebbens As Head of Institutional Benelux

London, May 10, 2023 – Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has hired Fekko Ebbens for the newly created role as Head of Institutional Benelux.

With over 27 years of experience, Ebbens joins from UBS Asset Management, where he was most recently Global Head of Institutional Client Coverage. Prior to this, he covered institutional business development at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. Ebbens holds a MSc in Business Economics from Universiteit Groningen and is a CFA charterholder.

Reporting to Matt Malloy, Head of Global Institutional Client Group, and Dik van Lomwel, Head of EMEA and Latin America, Ebbens will be based in the Hague alongside ~40 asset management professionals, including the Client Coverage, Emerging Market Debt, European Private Loans and Global Sustainable Equity investment teams.

Cas Peters, current Head of Benelux, will step into a senior advisor role and will continue to provide guidance to Neuberger Berman’s clients in the region.

Matt Malloy comments: “We look forward to having Fekko on board. He brings with him a deep understanding of the institutional needs and priorities across asset classes, sectors and through the liquidity spectrum.”

Fekko Ebbens adds: “Neuberger Berman offers an extensive array of investment solutions in both public and private markets, leveraging its global platform. I look forward to working with teams across the business to build on the momentum in the region.”

About Neuberger Berman

Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 26 countries, Neuberger Berman’s diverse team has over 2,700 professionals. For nine consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). Neuberger Berman is a PRI Leader, a designation, since last assessed, that was awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. In the 2021 PRI Assessment, the firm obtained the highest possible scoring for its overarching approach to ESG investment and stewardship, and integration across asset classes. The firm manages $436 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2023. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.

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