This page includes my education and prior work experience.
My complete CV is available upon request.
2021 - 2025 (expected)
Ph.D. in Finance
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute
Conducting research projects on extrapolative investor behavior and volatility forecasting in financial markets.
Teaching between 100 to 450 students about finance and econometrics.
Supervising bachelor theses.
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2019 - 2021
MPhil in Economics
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Research master's degree in (theoretical) economics and pre-PhD program.
Specializations: Finance, Microeconomics, and Behavioral Economics.
Teaching assistant in master's and PhD-level courses.
Thesis: "Extrapolative Investor Beliefs: A study of variations in the stock market and across stocks."
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2018 - 2019
MSc. in Finance (cum laude, honours)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Specialization: Duisenberg Honours Programme in Quantitative Risk Management.
Thesis: "A Multi-Layered Discrete-Time Heterogeneous Agent-Based Model of a Stock Market with Multiple Risky Assets"
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2017
Erasmus+ Exchange Semester
BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
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2014 - 2017
BSc. in Economics & Business (cum laude, honours)
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Specialization: Finance & Organization.
Completed an interdisciplinary honours programme
Apr. 2019 - Aug. 2019
Research Internship (fulltime)
NN Investment Partners, The Hague, The Netherlands
Master's thesis internship at the Automated Intelligence Equity department.
Built an agent-based model of the stock market in Python.
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Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2018
Junior Analyst (parttime)
A-Insights, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Management consulting student job.
Financial benchmarking and conducting competitor analyses.
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Nov. 2017 - Jan. 2018
Internship Sustainability (fulltime)
Dutch Central Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Three-month internship at the Supervisory Policy Division.
Assessed climate risk exposure of the largest Dutch financial institutions.
Helped organize an international conference on climate risks in the financial sector.
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Aug. 2017 - Oct. 2017
Intern Strategy Consulting (fulltime)
A-Insights, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Three-month internship in strategy consulting.
Advised on topics such as market expansions and presented findings on-site.
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Experience prior to 2017 has been omitted for conciseness.