As chairman of the management team, Willem is ultimately responsible for the investment policy. As a private investor, he started investing in companies that had made significant (commodity) discoveries in 2005. This makes him one of the pioneers in “Discovery Investing”. Willem is also the author of seven books on economics and financial markets. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the London economic think tank OMFIF. Willem is the founder and major shareholder in Commodity Discovery Management B.V., the manager of our fund.
Terence van der Hout has been working with Willem Middelkoop in discovery investing for almost fifteen years. After studying political science, he held various financial positions at ING and Rabobank. He has worked at the Commodity Discovery Fund as a financial analyst since 2011. After joining the fund’s management, in 2016, his responsibilities have now shifted towards compliance and regulation in relation to the fund.
With a keen eye for detail and efficiency, Caroline has played a crucial role in our fund for the last ten years. She oversees a well-functioning internal organization, provides sales support and, together with Terence van der Hout, keeps a close eye on everything related to compliance regulations. Caroline is easily approachable, very capable of bouncing ideas off, and is always willing to improve our services. She maintains close communications with Circle Partners, our administrator.
With Ben, we have over 30 years of in-house investment expertise. Ben started on the options exchange in 1988, first as a stock exchange employee, then as a floor broker for various asset managers, and subsequently as a market maker. He then worked at a clearing house, which settled the completed transactions. Ben has worked as a senior trader for the fund since 2011, responsible for trading, clearing and back office activities that are initiated in our own trading room.
Due to the strong growth in the number of participants, Melinda Pieters joined our team in 2021. As an account manager, she is responsible for all communication with the more than 1000 investors and potential investors. Melinda has extensive experience in relationship management in various branches. Within the CDFund she works closely with Caroline de Groot and Willem Middelkoop. In the coming year Melinda will investigate how we can further improve our information flow towards our participants.
Since the autumn of 2020, René has been responsible for investment relations at the CD Fund. As a teenager, René bought a piece of gold as a first investment. After that, his interest in financial markets never disappeared. Professionally, he has always been active in sales and marketing positions. As René has known Willem since 1980, he is able to explain the background of our investment philosophy like no other. He is also a good person to spar with for the participants in our fund.
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