Ernst Jansen appointed as Chief Transformation Officer at PGGM Investment Management

Ernst Jansen has been appointed as Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) at PGGM Investment Management. He will start on 1 September 2026 and will then join the statutory board of PGGM Investment Management. Jansen has worked for over 20 years at Van Lanschot Kempen and succeeds Erik van de Brake, who held this position from 1 April 2022 to 1 May 2026.

As CTO, Jansen will be responsible for, among other things, the digital transformation of PGGM Investment Management and the operational and administrative management of the invested assets, including the necessary IT support. 

He comes from Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management, where he has been Chief Operating Officer and statutory director since 2020. Before that, he held various management positions at Van Lanschot Kempen.

Geraldine Leegwater, CEO of PGGM Investment Management, is pleased with the arrival of Ernst Jansen: “With his experience, he will be able to make an important contribution to the further development of PGGM Investment Management, whose organisation was shaped in 2025 around the new investment management strategy we developed together with Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn. For the next phase of this strategy, we can make good use of Ernst’s expertise.”

Ernst Jansen: “I am very pleased to use my expertise and experience for the further transformation of PGGM Investment Management. I look forward to working with the organisation to further build a future-proof investment manager with social impact, for the participants of Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn.”

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 2026, PGGM IM managed EUR 256.5 billion in public and private markets globally.  More information about PGGM IM: annual-report-pggm-vermogensbeheer-bv-2025.pdf