Karlien Zumpolle

Karlien Zumpolle is a Managing Director for the Corporate Advisory & Banking (CAB) group of BBH. In this role, she provides capital and strategic advice to companies that supply, trade, transport and distribute energy, metal and agricultural commodities. She is also responsible for new business development across CAB’s lending platform, working closely with the Commodities & Logistics (C&L) group and CAB’s regional lending offices.

Prior to joining the firm, Karlien held senior roles at Cargill, APG Asset Management, ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, and Fortis Bank, where she originated, structured, and executed complex financing solutions for multinational clients across the food, agriculture, energy, metals, and mining sectors. Her work has encompassed debt and trade finance, private credit, capital structuring, sustainability-linked financing, and strategic relationship management.

Karlien received an M.Sc. in business management (finance) from the Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands.