Based out of Hong Kong, Bas leads the institutional sales and business development initiatives across Asia Pacific, managing regional consultants’ relationships and client servicing team.

Previously acting as the CEO of ING IM Singapore responsible for institutional business development, Bas has 13 years of business development experience in asset management industry, with a focus in South Asia. He joined ING IM in Europe in 1995, moving to Asia in 2000.

Bas acquired his masters degree in econometrics from the University of Groningen in 1995 and his VBA (Dutch equivalent of CFA) in 1999.