Perry van Echtelt is Executive Director and global head of Corporate Finance & Capital Markets for the Energy, Commodities and Transportation sectors. Prior to joining ABN AMRO in June 2000, he worked for a Dutch private equity firm Gilde Investments.

He holds a masters degree in Business Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Perry has been involved in numerous M&A transactions and advisory mandates involving companies such as Petroplus International, Arcelor Mittal, Smit Internationale, Thermphos and Eriks Group. In addition he was involved in many public capital raisings and private equity transaction for companies including the shipping sector