Patrick Den Besten (Past Speaker)

Patrick den Besten works for NN Investment Partners, the asset manager of NN Group NV. NN IP is headquartered in The Hague and manages approximately 250bln EUR in assets for institutions and individual investors worldwide. NN IP employs over 1.100 staff and is active in 15 countries worldwide. Patrick is responsible for Financial Risk within NNIP, which includes, Credit & Counterparty Risk, Investment Risk, Investment restriction Control and Performance Attribution & Analytics. Together with his team he is responsible for the overall financial risk management for both Institutional clients/mandates as well as the NN IP fund ranges. The team covers asset categories including, Equity, Fixed Income, Private debt as well as Multi-Asset both on a regional and global level. Patrick has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry working in various roles within the 1st and 2nd Lod, both as Portfolio Manager, Analyst and Risk Manager. Patrick started his career at AEGON Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager in the Strategy team. Patrick holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Tilburg.