Roelfien Kuijpers
Global ESG Client Officer - DWS Group
Roelfien Kuijpers is Global ESG Client Officer at DWS, as well as Head of the Global Client Group for Ireland, Scandinavia and the UK, and Interim CEO of the UK. She is co-chair of DWS’ recently-formed external ESG Advisory Board, and a member of the Group Sustainability Council and the DWS Investments UK Board. After working in NY for 34 years, Roelfien transitioned to London in 2019.
She previously held a variety of senior positions, including Head of Responsible Investments, Global Head of Strategic Relationships, Global Head of DB Advisors, and Global Head of Strategy, Marketing and Communications. She was a member of the Global Operating Committee (2004-2012) and the Group Executive Committee (2017-2018).
She worked in Deutsche Bank’s Global Equity division in several senior roles (1995-2004), and served on the Global Equities Executive Management Committee (2002-2004). She served as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft Germany, and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of DWS Investments France. She is a board member of the DB Americas Foundation and chairs its Investment Committee.
A strong supporter of diversity, Roelfien was chairwoman of WOWS for many years, and helped establish DB’s Women in European Business initiative, and the ATLAS program to develop senior female talent. She has served on the Americas diversity committee and sponsors the LGBTQQ network and the Black Leadership Alliance.
Roelfien is a board member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). She has served on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the President’s Advisory Council at Oberlin College, the Young Associate Directors of the Metropolitan Opera, and the board of SculptureCenter NY.
In 2019, Roelfien was named one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Finance” by American Banker magazine. In 2011, she received the One to World Fulbright Award for Global Business Leadership for building understanding and cooperation across cultures.
A Dutch native, Roelfien received a Master’s in History from Leiden University, Netherlands.
