Rudi is Head of Thematic Global Equity Management at Candriam, a role he has held since 2011. He has managed Candriam's award-winning Biotechnology Fund since its inception in 2000. He is also a voting member of the Economic Outlook Committee at Candriam.

Rudi joined the firm in 1998 as a Senior Equity Fund Manager. He began his career at Dexia Bank Belgium in the euro bonds department and has accrued three decades of investment management experience in a variety of functions including currency trading, and institutional client and private client management. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1987.

Rudi earned a Bachelor’s Degree of Medicine from the University of Antwerp in Belgium.