Urbanic
Wie zijn wij?

Bestuur

Arco Bakker

Arco Bakker has a background as a Dutch tax advisor. After taking a master degree in Fiscal Economics from the University of Amsterdam and jobs with Peat Marwick Tax Advisors (predecessor firm to KPMG) and Gist brocades NV he joined EY in 1990. In 1996 he was promoted to partner. After a long career with EY, including foreign assignments to Japan, the USA and Brazil and membership of EY’s EMEIA management team for TAX for   8 years he retired on July 1, 2015.

Arco is responsible for the legal, tax, financial matters and investor communication of Urbanic.

Gijs Ekker

Gijs Ekker studied Econometrics at the University of Amsterdam. He has been working in the financial industry since 1984, starting in the Economic Bureau of Pierson, Heldring & Pierson in the Netherlands. His main activities have been in asset and wealth management   in Spain and the Netherlands. At present he is a partner at a Spanish multi-family office.

Gijs is responsible for the investment strategy of Urbanic.

Fred Bootsma

Fred holds master’s degrees from the University of Amsterdam in Civil and Tax Law. He has more than 25 years’ experience in providing international tax advisory and administrative services and is well versed in the regulatory aspects of the financial markets.

Fred is responsible for the administration, risk management and compliance of Urbanic.