Our team

Allard is Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Executive Committee. He oversees the investment process from deal origination, deal execution, through value creation until exit. Allard is vice-chairman of the investment committees of all CVC DIF managed funds.He joined CVC DIF in 2007 as a Managing Director in the investment team. From 2012-2022, he was Head of Investor Relations & Business Development and in that role he was driving the strategic direction and growth of the firm, while leading the activities of fund raising, investor relations, business development and marketing & communication.

Before CVC DIF, Allard was Head of Private Equity, Infrastructure, Commodities and Special Products at MN, one of the largest Dutch asset managers, and he managed a €5 billion portfolio of alternative investments. Prior to MN, Allard was a Senior Advisor in M&A at energy company Essent (now RWE) and before that held positions at private equity firm Residex Capital and PwC covering among others energy, waste, rail, healthcare and telecom investments.

Allard holds an Executive Master in Auditing from the University of Groningen and is registered as a Register Accountant (Chartered Accountant) with the Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Anne joined CVC DIF in 2018 and is Chief Risk Officer of the firm. She is responsible for our risk management, compliance and legal activities.

Previously she was Head of Integrated Risk at Rabobank. Anne has also worked at De Nederlandsche Bank as Senior Supervisor and interim Department Head. Before this, she held a variety of roles at ABN AMRO Bank over the course of her 16-year career there.

Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Administration from Michigan State University, a Master’s of Business Administration in General Management from the Erasmus University, and has attended executive education in General and Risk Management at both the London Business School and Insead.

Gijs is Deputy Head of CVC DIF and member of the Executive Committee. Since 2023 he is covering a number of tasks related to managing the broader CVC DIF organisation. In addition, he is overseeing the activities in CVC DIF’s traditional infrastructure fund series and is a member of the relevant investment committees.

Gijs joined the company in 2008 as a member in the investment team, mostly focusing on concession type investment opportunities in Western Europe. In 2012 he moved to Canada to establish the Toronto office and open up the North American market investing in utility, concession and (sustainable) energy investment opportunities. Since 2018 he is leading CVC DIF’s traditional infrastructure fund series.

Previously to CVC DIF, Gijs worked at ING, where he focused on lending to and advising large (transportation) infrastructure clients.

Gijs holds a Master’s degree in Economics of Infrastructure from the Technical University of Delft.

Roger joined CVC DIF in 2012 and leads since 2018 the Finance team, responsible for the following three subdepartments: 1) Fund Management, which mainly covers treasury control, capital events, LP reporting and other (regulatory) global reporting and control activities, 2) Fund accounting & control, which covers the global Fund administration of consolidated and local statutory reporting and all related audits 3) ManCo accounting & control, which covers the global ManCo administration of consolidated and statutory reporting and all related audits.

Roger holds a master degree in Industrial Engineering and Logistics from University of Technology Eindhoven, a master degree in Finance from Tilburg University and an executive master in finance & control from Nyenrode Business University.