Isabel Høg-Jensen

Partner
BSP

Isabel has twenty years of experience in the Luxembourg investment fund market. She previously worked at a Magic Circle law firm as well as HSBC Securities Services Luxembourg S.A, where she gained extensive operational experience while working in the legal department and structuring alternative investment funds. Isabel also worked within ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry), where she assisted at the fund industry level with the coordination of the implementation of the alternative investment fund managers directive in Luxembourg. She has been with BSP for nearly five years assisting international fund promoters and asset managers in relation to the structuring and establishment of a wide range of funds (both liquid and illiquid).

Isabel is head of the Nordic Desk and leading all sustainable finance development and regulatory follow up within BSP. Isabel is BSP’s CSR leader initiating internal and external awareness and developing activities around the three pillars of diversity & inclusion, environmental sustainability and community responsibility.

Johan Lindberg

Managing Director, Head of Nordics, Client Coverage
RBC Investor & Treasury Services

Johan has been leading business development and client relations activity for the Nordic region at RBC Investor & Treasury Services since 2015. From 2007 to 2010, Johan worked for RBC Dexia Investor Services as Director, Business Development.

Johan is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of business exposure in the Nordics, having held various managerial and executive positions including Managing Director at SEB and BankInvest and CEO at Coeli Asset Management.  He has extensive experience from business development and client relationship management in the asset servicing industry, while being active within fund distribution, product development and securities lending. Since 2015, Johan has served as President and Chairman on the Board of the International Bankers Club Luxembourg.

Johan holds a Diploma (Combined Honours) degree in Economics, Law and Marketing from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Kerstin Lindgren

Director, Client Coverage, Nordics
RBC Investor & Treasury Services

Kerstin has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS), she worked at Intertrust, where she managed their Depositary Services for Alternative Investment Funds, and has also worked at SEB, both in Sweden and in Luxembourg, where she was responsible for various operational and client facing functions, including heading custody services in Luxembourg. Kerstin is responsible for the growth and retention of Nordic asset managers’ portfolios and has extensive experience of managing large institutional client relationships. She joined RBC I&TS in 2017 and is based in Luxembourg.  Kerstin holds a degree in International Law and Legal Studies from Örebro University.

Yann Mérillou

Partner
Deloitte Audit

Yann is an audit partner with over 15 years of experience in accounting and auditing. He is specialised in the audits of regulated investment funds and Management Companies and has deep experience in auditing various types of UCITS and AIF structures, investing in a variety of assets from traditional shares and bonds to complex derivatives, structured products, infrastructure funds and efficient portfolio management techniques.

Yann is co-leading the Audit Nordic Initiative in Deloitte Luxembourg, and has developed in this context a deep knowledge of the Nordic asset management markets and its key players.

Yann also actively contributes to Fund governance initiatives and participates in various working groups of the Institut des Administrateurs Luxembourgeois (“ILA”) (Audit Committee for funds and Board Organization and Effectiveness Committee), and is a member of the Deloitte Luxembourg Investment Fund Task Force.

Yann is leading a technology initiative for the audit of funds and drive automation in the audit of funds. In this context, he is in charge of the development of D.NAV, which is a leading solution for the audit of funds in Luxembourg.

Antti Sorsa

Chief Operating Officer
Mandatum Asset Management

Antti is the Chief Operating Officer at Mandatum Asset Management and has been at Mandatum for over 10 years. He also sits on the board of Mandatum’s Luxembourg UCITS fund and the Finnish AIFM. Before joining Mandatum, Antti worked in various risk management positions in the financial markets with a career spanning over 25 years. In addition to financial risk management, he has a deep knowledge of the regulatory framework for UCITS and AIFs and specializes in the structuring of investment products. Currently Antti is involved in optimizing the operating model of Mandatum Asset Management.

Antti has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Helsinki and has also achieved the Financial Risk Manager Certification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.