Jorik van Zanden, researcher at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and consultant at AF Advisors in Rotterdam worked, at the European Parliament as a legislative aid to Sophie in ’t Veld where he worked on the Pan-European Pension Product legislation. After his time in Brussels, he moved to Fidelity International as a pension and public policy specialist and was involved in setting up FILs pan-European pension solution. Since, apart from working on his PhD he has consulted with large financial firms and central banks, mainly on legislative and business development issues. In 2022, he co-founded the Jasper Forum – a discussion group focused on the development of defined contribution savings systems worldwide. Jorik has published on a variety of pension and retirement issues.