Profile:

Particular copywriting expertise in B-to-B financial services and ICT industries, ranging from copywriting and interviews to all forms of communication. Strong intellectual interest in corporate finance, investment banking, boardroom topics and storage. Writing in Dutch and English.

Areas of specialization:

- Investment Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management:
SICAV, Quants, 130/30, Dynamic Duration, SRI, Overlays,
Sustainability
- Wealth Management – Investment Strategies, Asset
Allocation, Risk Tolerance, Expected Return, Expected
Standard Deviation, Expected Yield, Sharpe Ratio, Risk
Grade, Stress Test, VaR
- Corporate Finance, Private Equity, M&A, Post Deal, VC
- Internal Audit
- Group Finance (reporting, capital management, ALM, etc.)
- Integrity and Forensic
- Governance, Risk, Compliance: SOX, COSO, ERM, IFRS,
Basel II, GRC Tooling
- Reporting: sustainability reporting; principles-based versus rules-based; IFRS/ US GAAP: segment reporting; leases; consolidation; impairment of assets, purchase price allocation, intangible assets
- Solvency II: Lamfalussy four-level process, Market value management, MCEV, ORSA, ERM, SCR, use tests
- SOA, Enterprise Architecture and Identity Management
- Investment management (AIMFD Directive, product innovation, asset allocation, investment styles, risk-adjusted performance measurement, etc.)
- Regulation (reforming financial markets, new frameworks, Basel II, capital requirements, etc.)
- Pension Funds
- Real Estate (corporate real estate, IAS 36 Impairment of assets, NHC, AWBZ, WTZi)
- Legal practices (corporate copy, knowledge management)
- Storage: DAS, NAS, SAN and CAS Technology; Virtualisation (VMware); Backup & Recovery, Data Replication; ILM; PACS; Managed Dark Fiber
- Telecom & Technology: CRM; ITIL; Front Office, Back Office and Trading & Market Connectivity; Software solutions for the finance, pharmaceutical and medical industry; and more.

Specialties:

- Web copy that works; - Investment fund and strategy descriptions; - Interview-based articles on boardroom topics; - Seminar reports on high-profile subjects: Audit; Governance, Risk, Compliance; M&A; Pension Fund Governance, etc.