Robeco appoints head of APAC equities

Joshua Crabb has been appointed head of Asian Pacific equities at Robeco, taking over from Arnout Van Rijn in July.

After 14 years in Hong Kong, Van Rijn Crabb will return to the Netherlands and join Robeco's sustainable multi-asset team.

Van Rijn will join Robeco's sustainable multi-asset team as a portfolio manager as of 1 September. He originally set up the firm's Asia Pacific team and has been responsible for managing its equity strategies in the region ever since.

Crabb will become a fund manager of the firm's Asia Pacific Equities.

Before joining Robeco three years ago, Crabb was a director at BlackRock, head of Asian Equities at Old Mutual Global Investors, and a director of Prudential Asset Management's Singapore business.

Earlier, he worked at BT Financial Group.

Mark Van der Kroft, chief investment officer for fundamental and quant equity at Robeco, expressed particular gratitude to Van Rijn for setting up the firm's Hong Kong office.

"I am delighted that he is now joining our sustainable multi-asset team - which is of strategic importance to Robeco - where clients can continue to benefit from his wealth of experience."