1. Curriculum vitae
Sybren Brouwer
Bussum
29 July 1964
+ 31 6 22802491
s.brouwer64@gmail.com
Personal profile:
I am an international Global Markets and Private Banking professional. I have broad finance, commercial
and investment strategy experience gained through research and management positions in leading
London and Amsterdam based financial institutions. My management style can best be described as
visible and servant leadership. I give people support and empowerment to continuously improve
themselves. Clear and open communication to employees, clients and other stakeholders is an important
and constant part of my job. Reliability, consistency and transparency are key values for me.
Ambition:
I am currently looking for an opportunity to further my career in the investment community in a
specialist, commercial or leadership role in a professional, driven and focused organization.
Experience
2012 – 2015 Global Head Equity Research & Head Research Netherlands
ABN AMRO Private Banking International
• Responsible for Global Equity Research product and Dutch Fixed Income Research product of ABN
AMRO Private Banking
• Leading global team of 6 Equity analysts based in Amsterdam, Singapore and Hong Kong and 4 Fixed
Income analysts based in Amsterdam.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining relationships and contracts with third party research
providers. Building up a consistent research product by combining individual recommendations from
third party providers with in-house strategic and thematic views.
• Providing input on global equity view to Global Investment committee ABN AMRO PB.
• Presenting investment views to internal and external client base. Presentations to investment
advisors and or clients on various equity related subjects.
• Representing ABN AMRO Private Banking view in media. Regular appearances on RTL Z, CNBC,
Bloomberg TV and BNR radio. Contributions to various financial magazines and web-sites.
Leadership: Coach international team of equity and fixed income experts and oversee construction of
coherent and consistent research product.
Achievements: Lead change process towards new more efficient business model for equity research,
leading to 60% cost reduction, whilst at the same time improving employee engagement scores.
2005 – 2012 Global Head Equity Research
ABN AMRO Private Banking Netherlands
• Responsible for the Global Equity Research product of ABN AMRO Private Banking
• Leading global team of 20 Equity analysts based in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Singapore
and Hong Kong.
• Leadership: Coach an international group of analysts and built up a coherent global research team
• Achievements: Create buy-in the global ABN AMRO network and with a global client base for a
research product, specifically geared toward private investors. Implement a high-quality consistent
advisory approach throughout the complete ABN AMRO network.

2. 2002 – 2005 Senior Equity Analyst – Dutch Stocks
ABN AMRO Global Markets
• Senior member of the ABN AMRO Dutch Equity Research team
• Building and maintaining relationships with the board (CEO/CFO) of major companies
• Initiating and coordinating investment road shows. Running road shows with several companies
across different sectors, visiting institutional clients in Europe and accompanying CEO/CFO’s
• Maintaining regular contact with institutional clients in Europe to market research product
1998 – 2002 Co-Head Research
Kempen & Co (Dexia Securities after take-over in 2001)
• Co-Management research team of 25 analysts and 5 support staff
• Positioning Kempen as leading equity research company in Dutch market
• After acquisition by Dexia in 2001, responsible for the integration of Pan-European research product
• Active analysis of Dutch small cap companies
1996 – 1998 Senior European Equity Analyst
Robert Flemings, Londen, VK
• Setting up a Dutch research product for Robert Flemings
• Relationship management institutional clients in Europa and US to market the Robert Flemings
research product
1990-1994 (Amsterdam), 1994-1996 (Londen) European Equity Analyst – European Chemicals
ABN AMRO Hoare Govett
• Responsible for coverage of the European Chemicals Sector.
1989 – 1990 Graduate Trainee
ABN AMRO Bank
• Graduate Trainee, including a 6 month rotation program throughout various divisions of the Bank.
Professional Registrations
SFA (UK)
Registered as Senior equity analyst with DSI (Dutch Securities Institute)
Education
1982-1987 Masters in Business Economics and Management (Bedrijfskunde)
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
1976-1982 Gymnasium B (equivalent to A levels), Christelijk Lyceum, Apeldoorn
Courses & Training Programs
Various compliance and banking regulation courses ABNAMRO 2008-2014
Various management training programs ABNAMRO 2005-2014
Interests
Golf, running, broad interest in economic and general affairs, reading