Menno Derks

Head of Business Development at Octobre

Panellist

Octobre provides liquidity guarantee solutions to Limited Partners who wish to invest in high quality private equity and debt funds in emerging markets that make a positive impact. Prior to Octobre he was head of Private Equity at Sarona, an emerging markets asset manager, he served as Senior Investment Manager and Investment Committee Member at PGGM, a large Dutch asset manager for pension funds. Menno also worked at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, and ABN AMRO Asset Management. Menno passed the CFA exams and contributed to content of the CFA Private Equity Certificate. He holds an MA in Business Engineering from the University of Twente.