Alwin B. Kool Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland

About Dutch Seaweed - The Dutch verticle integrated seaweed companyAs an innovative partner in seaweed, we cultivate & produce local, EU-Bio, BRC food grade seaweed from our own farm in the Oosterschelde. We operate a hatchery, a 10 ha farm and seaweed processing plant in Zeeland.

Amsterdam/Kathmandu/Yangon

One to Watch (OTW), one of Nepal's first SME Fund Investment Managers, has a vision to build successful companies in Nepal, together with local entrepreneurs and impact investors from around the world.Part-time advisory function: Within OTW my responsibilities are investor relationships, corporate governance & member of the investment committee.OTW works with small and medium sized companies focusing on basic needs - food, infrastructure and healthcare, companies that create impact as well as profits. Till date OTW has invested in 15 SMEs in Nepal, investing over 5 million Euros. Its signature business acceleration program – Enterprise - , has received more than 600 applications and has successfully accelerated 40+ companies in Nepal and has recently also opened an acceleration program in Myanmar.

The Hague, The Netherlands

Debt Financing and Private Equity at FMOspecialties: private equity, dealmaking, impact investing, financial documentation management. financing commercial banks, leasing companies and financial intermediates in Asia; i.e., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal and Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.Products:private equity & mezzanine, (sub-) debt investments for FMO in AsiaKey achievements:Due diligence: Performed over 40 due diligences to banks and other financial institutions in emerging markets mainly in Asia and Africa. As lead and part of an equity and/or debt investment processess. These reviews covered the political landscape, the country's financial services sector including the regulatory framework, market position and performance, as well as an assessment of its corporate governance, organizational & management structures.Contracting: Succesfully contracted 15+ FMO investments.Shareholder and board representation: Represented FMO in several banks and micro-finance institutions in Asia. Successfully completed the merger between Clean Energy Development Bank (CEDB) and Nepal Merchant Bank (NMB) resulting in the fifth bank of Nepal. Board member at CEDB and later NMB-Bank Ltd. Nepal from 2010 until 2016.Extensive country knowledge & experience: In-depth political, financial sector and market knowledge in Asia; Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka; and on-the-ground working experience in Africa; Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and in Latin America; Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru.

Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance due diligence and Contracting: Performed 50+ diligences to corporates, financial institutions and green field agriculture projects to assess its environmental and social footprint as compared to the World Bank- IFC ESG performance standards. These reviews covered; risk management, labor standards, resource efficiency, community engagement, resettlement, biodiversity, indigenous people and cultural heritage.Specialties:1) Sustainability related to large scale agri produce such as Palm Oil, Soy bean and Sugar 2) Sustainability at financial institutions3) Sustainability @ energy, large scale infrastructure & agri-business project finance 4) Bio-fuel project analysis5) World Bank- IFC performance standards

Utrecht, Netherlands

Deal team member Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) for Shell gas-to-liquid plant in Iran and Sakhalin pipeline project in Russia.

Geneva, Switzerland

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment. Associate expert for the chemicals unit of the United Nations Environment Programme. Mainly involved in chemicals substances treaties such as the Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel conventions

Msc, Biology

Ecology & Eco-toxicology

Post Graduate, Environmental Management

Activities and Societies: EPCEM- European Post graduate Course on Environmental Management European Post-graduate Environmental Management

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