Rob Heyvaert is the managing partner of Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology companies in the financial services industry based in New York, US and London, UK and former CEO & founder of the
Capital Markets Company (Capco).
Biography
Before founding Capco, Rob Heyvaert created Cimad Consultants and sold it to
IBM, and then became general manager of Securities and Capital Markets at IBM.
In 1998, Rob Heyvaert founded
Capital Markets Company (Capco). Capco helps financial services firms to accelerate the process of managing risk and regulatory change, reducing costs, and enhancing controls. In May 1999, Capco was chosen to overhaul the
Indonesia Stock Exchange
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’s clearing and settlement system. From 1999 to 2000, the company's revenue jumped from $35 million to $100 million, with 900 employees.
In 2006 he appeared on the Belgian Flemish television channel
VT4 in a television program called "De Topmanager," the Belgian version of
The Apprentice
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Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backg ...
.
In 2010,
FIS
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acquired Capco and Rob Heyvaert became corporate executive vice president of FIS, member of the FIS Executive Management team, and responsible for the strategic direction of FIS's consulting services. In 2021, Capco was sold to Wipro for $1.45 billion.
In 2011, Rob Heyvaert bought the penthouse on 54 Bond Street in New York (in the former building of the
Bouwerie Lane Theatre
The Bouwerie Lane Theatre is a former bank building which became an Off-Broadway theatre, located at 330 Bowery at Bond Street in Manhattan, New York City. It is located in the NoHo Historic District.
The cast-iron building, which was construct ...
) for $13.5 million.
In 2016, Rob Heyvaert co-founded the company Motive Partners, a financial technology sector-specialist investment firm primarily focused on buyout and growth equity and has raised over $1.5 billion, with a team including
Blythe Masters
Blythe Masters (born 22 March 1969) is a British Private Equity executive and former financial services and fintech executive. She is a former executive at JPMorgan Chase, where she was widely credited as the creator of the credit default swap ...
, Bob Brown and Richard Lumb.
Motive Partners has invested in technology provider companies such as Avaloq, Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), Global Shares and InvestCloud.
Personal life
Rob Heyvaert lives with Bart Heynen. They have 2 children together.
See also
*
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)
References
External links
*
Interview (2003)
Belgian businesspeople
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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