About our firm

Bart Bijmolen has been our Head of Investor Relations since 2015 and leads the Investor Relations Team. Bart likes the pleasant atmosphere within Mint Tower and how people think with each other in order to work, as a team, towards the same result. All this in a professional setting and with a healthy dose of enthusiasm.

Before joining Mint Tower Capital Management, Bart was Executive Director at Royal Bank of Scotland. There he was responsible for the various volatility books. Prior to that, Bart was Head Asian Indices at Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong in 2008. He started his career in 1996 as a management trainee at ABN AMRO. After completing his traineeship, he started as a market maker on the Amsterdam options exchange. Bart then held various positions within ABN AMRO's Global Equity Derivatives Team. Among other things, he was responsible for the Volatility Trading books in Amsterdam.

Bart completed his studies at the HMSL in Leeuwarden in 1996.

As a Portfolio Manager, Christopher Ho is responsible for the Convertible Bond book at Mint Tower. Christopher enjoys his role as it challenges him to find new arbitrage opportunities, while continuously looking for different angles to approach it from.

Furthermore, he likes a work environment where people try to get the best out of each other. Before joining Mint Tower in 2015, Christopher worked as an Equity Derivatives Analyst at AFS from 2012, after completing various traineeships.

Christopher graduated cum laude in Finance from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2011. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Joris Hoedemaekers is a partner at Mint Tower and responsible for Convertible Arbitrage. Joris appreciates the diversity of talent among his colleagues as well as the autonomy he has in running his business.

Joris has been working in the financial sector since 1996. He started his career as an Investment Banking Trainee at ABN AMRO, after which he became a market maker in convertible bonds. Later he also assumed responsibility for managing the warrants issued by ABN AMRO. In 1999 he started the Convertible Arbitrage desk, the proprietary trading segment of the bank. Initially, this department focused on the European markets, but after a successful start broadened its scope to include the US markets. Prior to founding Mint Tower, Joris worked for hedge fund Oasis Capital from 2003 until the end of 2009. As the Head of Trading Europe & US, he set up the respective trading activities and subsequently headed the trading team. At Oasis, his team was mainly active in the convertible bond market but also successfully set up several other strategies.

Joris graduated from HEAO Arnhem.

Maarten Tonino is the Portfolio Manager of the Defined Returns Fund. With a background in structuring, derivatives and quantitative finance he is able to negotiate the appropriate structures and compile the right portfolio for the fund. As collaboration is important within Mint Tower, Maarten enjoys utilizing insights from his colleagues to further enhance the investment process of the Defined Returns Fund.

Prior to joining Mint Tower, Maarten held various analytical as well as commercial roles among others as Structurer at Robeco and Director at Van Lanschot Kempen.

Maarten holds an MSc in Econometrics and Management Science from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Marcel Voogel is a partner at Mint Tower Capital Management. Marcel likes the dynamic and collaborative culture of the company, and as a team player, he appreciates the short lines of communication and the efficient decision making processes within the teams.

Prior to founding Mint Tower Capital Management in 2010, Marcel worked at ABN AMRO for thirteen years, and after the acquisition, at Royal Bank of Scotland. Since 2007, in the role of Senior Vice President in the Principal Strategies Group, he headed the Multi Strategy trading team that managed the trading positions within the Equities Division, particularly in the areas of credit, volatility and convertible arbitrage. Within this global team he was responsible for, among others, equity and index options. Prior to that, Marcel held various senior trading positions within the Global Equities Derivatives department at ABN AMRO since 2001. In his early years, after his traineeship at ABN AMRO, he worked as a market maker in equity derivatives at the Amsterdam Options Exchange.

Marcel earned his graduate degree in financial economics and tax law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Ramon Heusen is a partner at Mint Tower Capital Management. Ramon likes the high degree of freedom given to the often still young employees. Combined with the speed of decision-making, this ensures the unique value proposition Mint Tower provides its clients.

Ramon has been working in the financial sector since 1993. He started at the ABN AMRO Retail Bank, before switching to Private Banking as a Sales Trader, advising high net worth individuals in derivatives, equities, and bonds. In 1999, he continued his career at ABN AMRO’s Investment Bank as a Market Maker in equity derivatives on the Amsterdam Options Exchange. He was responsible for market making in the technology sector as well as proprietary trading. In 2001 he became a Senior Trader at the Convertible Arbitrage desk. Two years later co-headed the desk, thereby assuming responsibility for the transformation into the Principal Strategies Group, which managed the positions within ABN AMRO’s Equities Division in credit, volatility, and convertible bonds. In 2007 he was appointed as an Executive Director. After the takeover of ABN AMRO, Ramon worked for Royal Bank of Scotland in the same position until 2010, before founding Mint Tower Capital Management the same year.

As Chief Operating Officer, Remco van Orsouw is responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of the operations part within the company. Remco has been working at Mint Tower since 2017 and finds his challenge in solving a wide array of issues, where the solution results in optimal support for the organisation.

Prior to joining Mint Tower, Remco was Director Consulting Services Banking at CGI. He was responsible for, among others, the ABN AMRO account, and the mid-sized banking segment. He joined CGI in 1998 and during his tenure has held several management positions after completing the internal Management Development Programme.

Remco holds a graduate degree in Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and completed his MBA at Webster University in Leiden.

As a Portfolio Manager in Credit, Rutger Jakobsen has been responsible for Mint Tower’s bond portfolio since 2016. The multi-disciplinary nature of the fund is the main driving force for Rutger to ensure that he is continuously challenged to look at the opportunities in the market from different perspectives.

Prior to joining Mint Tower, Rutger worked as Director Fixed Income & Debt Capital Markets at AFS. Before that he held various managerial positions at ABN AMRO.

Rutger obtained his graduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.

Thom has been the Head of Volatility Trading since 2020. Thom enjoys the flat organisational structure with peoples’ backgrounds ranging from economics to physics. Intense collaboration within the team creates an environment where the development of new trade ideas is stimulated, and team members can grow in their roles.

Before Thom became the Head of Volatility Trading, he had been working as a Portfolio Manager since he joined Mint Tower in 2017. Prior to that, Thom worked at Van Lanschot Bankiers as a Prospect Analyst.

After his undergraduate studies in Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Thom obtained his graduate degree in Finance & Investment from the same university.

Wilrik Sinia is a partner at Mint Tower Capital Management and is responsible for Risk Management. He is fond of the open and transparent working environment at Mint Tower and strives towards providing the same level of transparency for investors regarding the fund. He is of the belief that it is important for investors to be able to understand the long-term implications adding the strategy of Mint Tower has on their portfolios.

Wilrik started his career as a stockbroker at Bank Labouchere in 1995. Upon completion of his traineeship at ABN AMRO, he worked there for a short period as a Technical Analyst, subsequently taking on the role of Sales Advisor. Among others, he was involved in the restructuring of loan portfolios and sale of interest rate derivatives. In 2000, he switched to the Convertible Arbitrage desk, where he focussed on interest rates trading and assumed responsibility for the Global Swap Book, where all interest rate exposures of the Equities Division were aggregated. In 2003 he became Co-Head of the desk and was jointly responsible for the transformation of the department into the Principal Strategies Group, the proprietary trading unit within the Equities Division. After the acquisition of ABN AMRO by the consortium, Wilrik worked for Royal Bank of Scotland in the same capacity until the inception of Mint Tower Capital Management in 2010.

Wilrik holds a graduate degree in Economics from Erasmus University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).