Thorsten Schneider currently serves as the Executive Director and Country Manager for Germany and Austria at Robeco since July 2022. Prior to this role, Thorsten Schneider held the position of Executive Director, Head of Sales for Institutional Investors and Fund Distribution Services at Universal Investment from October 2016 to July 2022. Thorsten Schneider's earlier career includes experience in sales and treasury at Maple Bank GmbH from July 2010 to September 2016 and in fixed income derivatives sales at Commerzbank AG from July 2005 to July 2010, where responsibilities spanned both the financial institutions and public sector. Thorsten Schneider earned a Diplom Kaufmann (FH) in Business/Managerial Economics from Private Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik between 1996 and 2000.