Alfred is a professor of Pension Fund Management at TIAS School for Business and Society, Tilburg University. Alfred is a non-executive board member at pension fund ABP, the Dutch pension fund for the government and education sectors, as well as member of several investment committees and supervisory boards. His research and focuses on the risk management and investment management of institutional investors, such as pension funds, especially long-term investment strategies, sustainability, designing effective investment processes and the role of board room dynamics in investment decisions. He has published books on investment committees, investment beliefs, and recently on pension board decision making (with Martijn Vos).