Robert Zwieten

Robert Zwieten, Senior Fellow at Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment is an active investor based in Philippines. This profile covers what Robert Zwieten backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Robert van Zwieten serves as an independent board member and member of the Nomination, Audit, and Risk Management Committee at Golomt Bank. Mr. van Zwieten serves as an Advisory Board Member at Samata Capital. He serves as a Senior Advisor at OnFrontiers. He is the Managing Director of Asia-Pacific for Convergence, the global network for blended finance. He combines 22 years of private sector experience in international financial markets with 10+ years of mobilizing institutional private sector capital into development and innovating development finance. He is a board member of AVPN and Music for Life International. Before joining Convergence, he founded and led The Serendra Group LLC, a boutique emerging markets advisory firm that helps CEOs build better businesses in emerging markets. He was the President and CEO of EMPEA, the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, and worked at ADB as the Director leading the Private Sector Capital Markets Division, covering 42 developing member countries during the Global Economic Crisis. His experience further includes roles as Managing Director and COO of an Asia-focused hedge fund venture; EVP, CFO, and Member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Exchange; SVP, CAO, and other global leadership roles at Lehman Brothers in New York; Managing Director and Global Treasurer at GE Energy in Atlanta; and Managing Director and Treasurer for GE Capital Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong during the Asian Financial Crisis. Earlier in his career, he worked in ABN AMRO Bank's Global Clients & Investment Banking Division in Amsterdam, Chicago, and Singapore.

Notable investments

UNOPSAsian Development BankThe Group of ThirtyGeneral Electric CompanyFamily officeSEACEF TAFOnFrontiersABN AMRO Bank N.VPlanters Development BankCrossBoundary GroupStandard BankPrivate Capital Development