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Since 1996 happily married with two kids.

 

Marleen trained as bio-engineer, initially worked in the pharmaceutical industry and started specialising in gardens while we lived in London.  She studied garden design at the English Garden School and continued her specialisation into ecological gardens through a specialised Flemish post-grad training program organised by Inverde.

She also transformed our own garden into a field of flowers attracting over 200 species of insects.  Currently Marleen is a Garden Ranger, a volunteer program from the city of Leuven providing free advice to families on how to turn your garden into a biodiverse insect walhalla.

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Marc is a life actuary by background and fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IABE). Marc started with De Vaderlandsche (NN Group), and after obtaining his MBA from Cornell University, het started as investment banker in London for Salomon Brothers.  Marc advised e.g. on the formation of KBC, the sale of Artesia to Dexia, the merger of Caja Madrid and Mapfre, the acquisition of Gerling by HDI, and Eureko's acquisitions in Greece and Poland. Marc subsequently ran Aon Benfield's Analytics team across EMEA and their structured solutions team.  He also advised Talanx on the acquisition of Warta, VidaCaixa on the VIF Monetisation with Berkshire Hathaway and Hiscox on DirectAsia. Marc then joined TigerRisk Partners to build their EMEA business.  Since Dec-2021, Marc is self-employed and focuses on advising insurers on solving complex capital-related projects, in particular derisking insurance balance sheets through legacy transactions or retrocession of longevity risk. In addition, Marc is working with the ClaimsCarbon team on quantifying CO2 emissions of claims handling.    

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Foto Marleen Notelaers (bloemenweide in onze tuin)