Rob met Frans at Henley Management College, where he completed his MBA in 1994. After a short stint at Robeco, in 1995 Rob became an analyst and European equity portfolio manager at Comgest in Paris. As a public funds and institutional mandates portfolio manager, one of his responsibilities was the Comgest Growth Europe fund. In his role as a partner and director at Comgest, Rob was also responsible for the development of the Comgest Group in both Europe and Asia. In 2007 he co-founded Comgest Benelux, while maintaining close contact with the teams in Paris and Asia. In the early years of Juno, Rob was a member of the advisory board. In 2019 he became a full member of the Juno family. His most important role: setting up and managing the Juno Continuation Fund.