Sige Vinken

Chief Risk and Operating Officer (CROO)

As Chief Risk and Operating Officer, Sige is responsible for risk management, operations and IT within Aqua Spark.Before joining Aqua Spark in 2022, he worked at Rabobank for over 15 years in various roles. Starting as head of insurance Rabobank Netherlands, he then moved to Indonesia to manage retail and SME banking. After that he set-up a newly licensed corporate bank for Rabobank in Turkey where he stayed for 4 years as COO. Returning to the Netherlands he managed the global (IT-) redesign of HR before becoming Director KYC Special Projects.

He started his career at Interpolis as a management consultant and COO of Credito Agricola Vida, a life insurance joint venture with the largest cooperative bank of Portugal.

Bringing his 25+ years of experience in financial services, and having worked in many countries, Sige’s focus is on helping to grow Aqua Spark’s impact even further.