Frank Wagemans is Senior Engagement Specialist at Achmea Investment Management, one of the leading asset managers in the Netherlands. At Achmea IM, Frank engages companies on ESG themes on behalf of Achmea IM and its clients, such as access to medicine, access to nutrition, water use and human rights. He is also a board member of the Access to Nutrition Foundation and a PhD candidate on the impact and effectiveness of ESG engagement at Wageningen University.
Previously, Frank was programme manager for responsible investment at the VBDO, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, where he led the yearly benchmark study on responsible investment by Dutch pension funds and worked on themes, such as climate change, natural capital and human rights.
Prior to his work for Achmea IM and the VBDO, Frank worked on themes such as environmental policy, water management and climate adaptation in several governmental roles. Frank obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Policy at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.