Gabriëlle Krapels, Managing Director of the Responsible Investment team at APG Asset Management, and Anke Cornelisse, Portfolio Manager Government Bonds at APG, have been awarded. Anke won the Young Talent Award last week, Gabrielle is in the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance. This list contains the names of Dutch female role models who make a difference in the field of sustainability in the financial sector. A conversation with both.
Gabrielle is the head of the Responsible Investment team at Fiduciary and, with her team, advises fund clients on their responsible investment policies. The Fiduciary Management (FM) department, which employs dozens of colleagues, was established in 2017. They keep the pension funds that APG invests assets for - ABP, bpfBOUW, SPW and PPF APG - , up-to-date on, for example, the future development of pensions for participants, taking into account their individual investment policies. FM also provides investment reports, advises the funds on investment mandates for clients, and then draws up these mandates. And all that with invested assets of €577 billion (as of the end of June 2024) in the portfolio.
How honored do you feel regarding your position in the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance?
“I’m proud and I’m particularly proud that we are on this list again as APG. Claudia Kruse, Anna Pot and Annette Mosman had already been on the list previously. In my role as Managing Director of Responsible Investments at Fiduciary Management of APG Asset Management, you can really make a difference, on behalf of and with our clients. In addition, we are one of the world's biggest pension investors and can make an important contribution to a more sustainable future on behalf of our clients through our investments. As a result, we have recently advised many fund clients on their responsible investment policies. This is different for each fund. Everyone has their own focus; for one client it may be impact investing, and for another client the focus may be more on biodiversity and climate policy. That makes our work challenging, but also very enjoyable.”