Huib-Jan de Ruijter

Huib-Jan joined FMO’s Management Board as interim Chief Investment Officer in October 2020. Since 2015, Huib-Jan was Director Financial Institutions, responsible for the sector department which works closely with banks, microfinance institutions and fintechs to advance access to finance for entrepreneurs. He started within FMO as Investment Officer in the Financial Markets department in 2008. He was promoted to Director of this department in 2011 and in this capacity responsible for FMO’s treasury as well as loan syndications.

Before joining FMO, he was an Executive Director in the Financing Group of Goldman Sachs based in London. He started his career at ABN AMRO for which he worked in various roles in Amsterdam, London and Lisbon. Huib-Jan studied in Groningen where he completed Masters in both Business Administration and Law. He is a CFA Charterholder and attended Summerschool at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he took courses on International Development.