Guido Baltussen

Head of Quantitative Strategies International Northern Trust Asset Management

Guido Baltussen joined NTAM as Head of Quantitative Strategies, International. Guido was most recently Head of Equity Factor Investing and Co-head of Quantitative Fixed Income at Robeco where he was responsible for all of the firm’s systematic risk premia strategies as well as a large research agenda. Prior to Robeco, Guido was head of quantitative research for multi-asset strategies at NN Investment Partners (now Goldman Sachs) and a quantitative investment strategist with ING Investment Management. He is also currently a Professor of Finance at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he teaches courses on behavioral finance and factor risk premia. Guido holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam and an M.Phil. in Economics from the Tinbergen Institute. An accomplished researcher, Guido has published in journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Financial Analysts Journal. He’s also a frequent contributor to Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, and FT. In this newly created role, Guido will drive growth in the international Quantitative Strategies business through product R&D, sustainability and ESG integration, thought leadership and client engagement.