Fount is an impact investment firm, providing investment and fund management as well as strategic advisory services. Within Fount my main responsibility is to act as Investment Advisor for the AGRI3 Fund. The AGRI3 Fund is a blended finance vehicle intended to mobilize public and private capital, to support sustainable agriculture and reforestation in developing countries. It was created as a means to help address the limited capacities of commercial banks to finance sustainable and innovative agricultural solutions. AGRI3 provides de-risking financial instruments (e.g. guarantees) to partner-banks providing loans and investments to agribusinesses who pursue more sustainable practices.

Responsible for recovery and restructuring of distressed debt and equity investments in FMO's portfolio. Managed restructurings and exits in, amongst others, renewable energy, agribusiness and real estate sector in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Responsible for debt transactions in the agribusiness sector in Latin America. Day-to-day activities include deal-sourcing, deal structuring, on-site due diligence, financial analysis, internal approvals and contracting. Furthermore, responsible for portfolio management of a portfolio of existing agribusiness clients in Latin America.

Analysis of finance proposals, credit reviews and change requests, writing advices for FMO’s Investment Committee and Investment Review Committee.

Analyst/trainee position in FMO's Fund Emerging Markets team. Sourcing, structuring and monitoring investments of Dutch companies in Emerging Markets.

Together will a fellow-student I conducted a research for MicroNed (ICCO, Hivos, Cordaid and OxfamNovib). This resulted in our master-thesis "Banking on the poorest: microfinance in rural areas" (Nov 2007) and was the basis for the research paper "An inventory of policies, practices and challenges regarding support to rural (micro) finance among Netherlands’ MicroNed members" (MicroNed, Sept 2008)

Evaluation of microcredit project in India, interviews with management and clients, analysis of financial data.