Erik Leseman, CFA

Chief Investment Officer

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

About

Experienced Financial allrounder and balance sheet manager, with macro-economic background, good analytical skills and strong leadership qualities. Extensive experience in debt capital markets as issuer, agent, structurer and investor. Active in Alternative Fixed Income Markets such as mortgage origination, direct lending, consumer loans and marketplace lending. CFA Charterholder since 2004

Experience

  • Chief Investment Officer at Achmea
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    As CIO of Achmea Pension & Life, I am leading a team which is responsible for the asset side of the balance sheet. This includes determining the SAA, developing investment plans to get to the SAA, hedging of interest rate, inflation and FX risks, and the selection, contracting and monitoring of internal and external managers.

  • Managing Director at Leseman Investment Consulting
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • a.s.r. vermogensbeheer ()
    • Head of Investment Implementation and Oversight
      Mar 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr

      The Implementation & Oversight team is responsible for implementing investment strategies, and selecting managers for those strategies. We maintain the bigger picture of the overall balance sheet and we dilligently monitor the financial and non-financial performance of the strategies and managers, inside and outside the #asr group.

    • Head of Investment Management ANL
      Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 · 6 mos

  • Bestuurder at Stichting Aegon Beleggingsgiro
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    De Stichting Aegon Beleggingsgiro is opgericht in 1995 om de effecten van de klanten van Aegon Bank en later Knab juridisch gescheiden te houden van de bank. Namens deze klanten koopt, verkoopt en houdt de Stichting participaties in Aegon beleggingsfondsen.

  • Aegon Nederland (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Head of Investment Management
      Sep 2017 - Oct 2023 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      As manager CIO Office, my main focus is on sourcing, monitoring and distribution of illiquid assets for the Aegon Nederland balance sheet as well as for our institutional and retail clients. I am a member of the ALCO of Knab Bank, the ALCO of Aegon Netherlands, the Dutch Risk and Capital Committee and the Dutch Responsible Investment Committee. As of April 2020, I am part of the Management Team for Aegon Hypotheken BV, balancing the interests of consumers and institutional investors in expanding Aegon’s mortgage business.

    • Manager ALM & Hedging
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      As manager ALM & Hedging, I lead a team of 12 professionals who manage the balance sheet of Aegon Nederland and their retail and institutional clients. This team is also responsible for hedging the guarantees Aegon Nederland has provided to their clients.