Team
ProSeed’s top priority is its people. The company has formulated a core management team whose skills and experience are complemented by field-specific experts. The people of ProSeed come from diverse geographical and professional backgrounds and are committed to the success of the company, its portfolio, and its investors.
- Benjamin Van Oudenhove, Chairman
- David Katsnelson
Benjamin Van Oudenhove, Chairman
Mr. Van Oudenhove is a member of the Brussels Bar and of the New York Bar. He was an intern at McKinsey & Co until December 31, 1999. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer with the U.S. law firm Covington & Burling. Mr. Van Oudenhove received his basic law degree from the Catholic University of Namur (magna cum laude) (1994), the Sorbonne, Paris I (summa cum laude) (1996), and the Catholic University of Leuven (magna cum laude) (1997). He obtained his LL.M. degree at Harvard Law School (1998), where he was a Fulbright and Baker & Mckenzie fellow, and a member of the Harvard Law School Council. Mr. Van Oudenhove also took part in several programs on finance at London Guildhall University (cum laude) (1996) and the London School of Economics (1999). Mr. Van Oudenhove speaks fluent Dutch, French and English and basic German.
Mr. Katsnelson previously served as Vice-President of Avian Securities – a Boston-based institutional brokerage that specializes in Information Technology and Internet research and trading. He previously worked as an independent trader in New York, trading stocks, commodities and options. Mr. Katsnelson was the founder, President and portfolio manager of DBX Asset Management Company, Inc. in Newton, MA, which established and managed an equity mutual fund. He also served at Morningstar, a premier financial information company covering mutual funds, variable annuities, Japanese equities and other financial products. Mr. Katsnelson received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago (1993). He speaks fluent Russian and English, has a working knowledge of French and Polish, and is currently learning Hebrew.