Gabriëlle Krapels appointed Chief Policy Officer at PGGM Investment Management

She is leaving APG Asset Management where, until recently, she was Managing Director Responsible Investments Fiduciary Management.

In her new role at PGGM, Krapels (41) will be responsible for strategic policy advice and investment strategy on behalf of Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW). She will report to Geraldine Leegwater who is Chief Executive Officer of PGGM Investment Management.

Gabriëlle's arrival completes the management team of the new PGGM Asset Management organisation. In this new organisation, which will become operational from 1 June 2025, PGGM Asset Management will focus on advising, implementing and executing the PFZW Investment Policy 2030.

Krapels has worked for APG Asset Management in various roles for about seven years. Before that, she was, among other things, manager at the Nederlandse Investerings Instelling (NLII) and Sr Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Gabriëlle Krapels: ,,It is with great pleasure that I look forward to starting at PGGM Investment Management as statutory director in the role of Chief Policy Officer. I have come to know PGGM in recent years as a very capable organisation and I look forward, from my new role, to being able to contribute to shaping the new organisation and to dedicating myself to the pension fund participants of PFZW."

Geraldine Leegwater: ,,With Gabrielle's arrival, the management team of our new investment management organisation is complete. Gabrielle brings valuable experience in advising on the strategic investment policy of pension funds. In particular, her knowledge in integrating return, risk and sustainability in the investment policy will be of added value in realizing the joint strategy of PFZW and PGGM.''

About PGGM Investment Management
PGGM Investment Management is part of the Dutch not-for-profit pension fund service provider PGGM. It fulfills a social mandate: the sustainable investment of the pension capital of around three million participants of PFZW, the pension scheme for the Dutch health and welfare sector. On 31 March 2025, PGGM IM managed EUR 249 billion in public and private markets globally.

More information about PGGM IM: annual-report-pggm-vermogensbeheer-b-v-2024.pdf