Ferdinand Hooft Graafland is an Industry Adviser to Time Partners and has over 35 years’ experience working with institutions and family offices within private equity.

Ferdinand started his career at JPMorgan in Amsterdam before he moved to London where he was active in capital markets with JPMorgan, Paribas and Dresdner Kleinwort, specialising in the distribution of fixed income products to institutional investors predominantly in The Netherlands.

In 2006 he co-founded the Fund Placement Group at Dresdner Kleinwort where he gained experience in the distribution of Alternative Investments to institutional investors in Europe before setting up his own capital raising firm, FHG Advisory, in 2009.

Ferdinand holds a Law Degree from Utrecht University in The Netherlands.