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SME ACCELERATOR | BANKING CONSULTANT | AGRIFINANCE SPECIALIST | I believe that every successful entrepreneur is an artist. Entrepreneurship is about creation. Transforming an idea into a visible, tangible reality. Is there anything more satisfying than helping to create a meaningful entity?A few words about me. What I am passionate about is building sustainable and profitable businesses. And in my opinion this can only be done through a combination of operational excellence and total customer centered thinking. For several years I was immersed in developing, building and expanding FACTS as East Africa’s premier Supply Chain Finance company – engaging with hundreds of SMEs in need of working capital to grow their business. But only a fraction would meet reasonable criteria of bankability.To support FACTS in finding viable and scalable clients, we created the IGNITE MY SME initiative. Growth through excellence! Engaging entrepreneurs and forcing them to look in the mirror. Inspiring and actually helping them to go the extra mile towards accessing finance. And building on those experiences, leading the KIEP 250+ programme added another dimension. This time providing technical assistance to larger SMEs, helping them on their journey towards scale, additional capital and international competitiveness.How did I get to this point?Over the years, my career has rotated between banking, direct marketing, consulting and investing. I have been CEO or Director at large Corporates, and I have managed programmes in far more humble settings. I find it easy to move between strategic thinking and hands-on execution. Leading from the front - building strong teams to move the organization forwards. My work has taken me to Europe, Asia Pacific, North- and South America and Africa. Each continent has contributed in specific and unique ways to my views on life, work, leadership and human motivation. The red line throughout my career is authenticity, challenge and impact. For me, the journey is the reward.Specialties: SME Acceleration, Banking, Agri-finance, Management, Team building
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FounderAgrifinancingNairobi County, Kenya
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Team LeadEnergy Enterprise Coach Sep 2022 - PresentNairobi, KenyaEnterprise support in the form of business development services (BDS) plays a crucial role in enabling renewable energy enterprises to increase sales, access finance and scale operations. The Energy Enterprise Coach (EEC) is a flagship initiative conceptualized and funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Energizing Development (EnDev) partnership to meet this very need. The EEC will offer the best skills, services and expertise to support professionalization of clean energy SMEs to foster their growth and development. The EEC team will leverage the strong experience and support of RVO, the EnDev Partnership and implementing partners for the Africa Biogas Component (ABC) and the Higher Tier Cooking Component (HTCC) to become a best-in-class one stop-shop and globally recognized go-to facility for BDS delivery to renewable energy enterprises.
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Senior EvaluatorInvestitionen Für Beschäftigung (Investing For Employment) Gmbh Jun 2022 - PresentNairobi, KenyaKfW subsidiary for promoting and grant-financing sustainable job creating investment projects in Africa.https://invest-for-jobs.com/en/
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Agri-Finance - Senior Consultant BanksAceli Africa Sep 2021 - PresentNairobi, Kenya -
Managing DirectorMoving Frontiers (K) Ltd. Feb 2019 - PresentNairobi, KenyaDifferent assignments in the field of SME development, Agri-finance and Banking. -
Team LeadKiep 250+ Jul 2020 - PresentNairobi, KenyaTRANSFORMING 250 SMEsKIEP 250+ stands for component 2 of the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project. The objective: select 250 eligible SMEs and guide them towards scale, technology, professionalism and innovation. Performance based technical assistance to assist hundreds of entrepreneurs in meeting (exceeding) world-class business standards. -
Senior ConsultantMillenium Impact Infrastructure Accelerator Oct 2021 - Sep 2022Nairobi, Kenya
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Independent Investment Committee MemberAgrifi Kenya Challenge Fund Apr 2019 - Jun 2021Nairobi, KenyaThe AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund is a European Union initiative to support productive and market-integrated smallholder agriculture through the provision of financial support worth EUR 18,000,000 to agri– enterprises. AgriFI aims to improve the capacity of smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practice environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains.As an IIC member, my role was to review the concept notes and applications and make independent decisions on who gets awarded. -
CreatorIgnite My Sme Jun 2017 - Dec 2020Nairobi, KampalaIGNITE MY SME is a series of 10 one-day seminars organized in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Driven and managed by FACTS, we bring together hundreds of SMEs who subscribe to our goal of building worldclass 21st century enterprises. The seminars provide tangible and easy-to-implement advice to entrepreneurs within the Marketing | Operations | Finance triangle. Speakers are renowned SME solution providers who combine top presentations with pitching their own services. We think we're onto a win/win concept. From the FACTS perspective, IGNITE makes a lot of sense - as stronger companies make better clients.The first IGNITE sessions are behind us - and have totally crushed our expectations. The next round is scheduled for end-November in Kampala and Nairobi ... and is targeting Women Entrepreneurs. Sign up now at http://www.ignitemysme.com/ -
Independent AssessorSme Finance Forum, Managed By The Ifc (International Finance Corporation) May 2018 - Aug 2020Nairobi, KenyaInternational judge on the Global SME Finance Awards panel choosing the SME Bank of the year (2018,2019 and 2020). -
Managing Director (Co-Founder)Facts Africa Oct 2015 - Dec 2018NairobiFACTS is a new finance company predominantly focused on the Food & Agriculture Sector. We operate through two fully licensed entities in Kenya and Uganda, and expect to start operations in Tanzania in Q1/2019. Our products are designed around a range of Supply Chain Finance solutions, and we are dead set about establishing ourselves as market leader in this field in East Africa. FACTS believes the agriculture sector is severely under-financed and is positioning itself to become a catalyst of change. Scores of Missing Middle processors see their growth prospects severely limited due to the inability to access finance. This must change and this can change. Over time we expect to move beyond the agriculture sector and start offering Supply Chain Finance based working capital to SMEs enaged in healthcare, manufacturing and sustainable energy. -
Managing Director (Co-Founder)Ebiashara (Africa) Ltd. May 2014 - Dec 2018NairobiThe first commercial offshoot of the F4A programme. eBiashara is an ‘outsourced service provider’ that offers integrated Supply Chain Finance solutions to financial institutions and intends to totally disrupt the African SCF market in each and every economic sector - including the critically important Food & Agriculture value chains. The company will commence operations in July 2014.Our ambitions are high ... so are the opportunities ! -
Managing DirectorFinancial Access (East Africa) Ltd. Sep 2013 - Dec 2018NairobiFinancial Access provides management support and strategic/technical assistance to financial institutions across a full range of management disciplines. We do diagnostic or due diligence work, assist in the development of recovery, restructuring or performance enhancement plans, and support the hands-on execution of our recommendations. As bankers the primary value we add lies in the implementation area, across all major operational and commercial areas. Our advice is practically-orientated and grounded in our concrete experience of building and operating financial institutions in emerging markets.
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Agrifinancing (U) Programme ManagerFinancial Access Capital Partners Oct 2014 - Dec 2017KampalaBased on the success and experiences gained with F4A in Kenya, we have been invited to start a 2nd programme in Uganda, this time in partnership with SNV. The mission remains the same: stimulating (and where possible accellerating) the financing of Food and Agriculture, which represent the largest economic sector(s) in Africa but are often ignored by financial institutions. For us it's straightforward. ... Farming Means Business. -
F4A (Kenya) Programme ManagerFinancial Access Capital Partners Jan 2013 - Sep 2016NairobiF4A is a USD 10 mln Dutch PPP aimed at accelerating development of the Kenya Agri-sector through rapidly improved access to finance across multiple value chains. The programme is co-sponsored by the Netherlands Embassy, will run for three years, and is comprised of 12 individual projects.More of the same is not an approach we believe in. The majority of our projects push the envelop, and are based on fresh (out-of-the-box) thinking. What they have in common is our irrevocable believe in a market-led, sustainable and above all commercial Agricultural Sector.This philosophy is embedded in our motto: Farming Means Business.
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Sme Banking CoordinatorBank Of Africa - Uganda Jan 2012 - May 2013Kampala, UgandaAn assignment designed and executed by Financial Access (www.financialxs.com).IFC sponsored position; multi-year assignment to re-position the bank's Rural Banking / SME Banking activities in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi with the objective to become a leading provider of financial services for this market segment in Eastern Africa. -
DirectorAnnona Sustainable Investment Fund Jan 2010 - Oct 2012Amsterdam, NetherlandsAnnona is a commercial Venture Capital fund that invests in SME’s throughout Africa and Latin America, with a primary focus on the Food & Agri sector. We are strong advocates of private sector leadership: our objective is to alleviate poverty through building profitable and sustainable businesses that contribute to rural growth, generate significant numbers of (in-)direct employment opportunities and create a lasting impact on community development. Annona's investors include some of the countries largest pensions funds, as well as the Royal Tropical Institute. -
Co-FounderBasefund Feb 2008 - Jul 2012Amersfoort, NetherlandsBaseFund invests in, and supports, Dutch businesses that actively target BoP markets to sell products and services that benefit the poorest segments of the population. Aiming for reasonable profit levels is a precondition for developing sustainable businesses, and will ultimately lead to a win/win situation for all actors in the value chain. For personal reasons (my co-founder encountered health problems) we had to put the establishment of the fund itself on hold, but continue to pursue related opportunities.
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Interim ExecutiveRabo Development Jun 2008 - Oct 2011Utrecht, NetherlandsAssignment contracts re. Banco Terra (Mozambique), First Merchant Bank (Malawi) -
Head Of Retail & Sme BankingFirst Merchant Bank Nov 2010 - Mar 2011Blantyre, MalawiAssigned by Rabo Development to First Merchant Bank to build and manage its new Retail/SME Division until March 2011. -
Resident Advisor (Ifc)First Merchant Bank May 2010 - Nov 2010Blantyre, MalawiIFC sponsored position aimed at planning, developing and executing an holistic countrywide Retail- and MSME strategy. The objective: to reach a leadership position within two years - including 30+ full service branches, 100 additional ATM/POS distribution points, a world class telephone banking platform and reaching out to at least 300,000 additional clients.
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CeoBanco Terra Feb 2008 - Dec 2009Maputo, MozambiqueBanco Terra is a new Mozambique based commercial bank, jointly owned by Rabobank, KfW, Norfund and Gapi. Commercial focus is on SME's, Agri-finance, Retail Banking and MFI wholesale services. The bank intends to be a catalyst of change in the area of agricultural development, value chain financing and rural banking.
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CeoRemark Group Bv Feb 2004 - Sep 2007Amsterdam, NetherlandsReMark Group is the world's premier Insurance Direct Marketing specialist, working with over 200 of the largest financial institutions around the world. -
CfoRemark International Bv Oct 2002 - Feb 2004Amsterdam, NetherlandsReMark Group is the world's premier Insurance Direct Marketing specialist, working with over 200 of the largest financial institutions around the world.
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CfoDelta Lloyd Bank Jun 1999 - Nov 2001Amsterdam, NetherlandsExecutive Director of the newly created DLNO Banking Division comprising of 5 entities: Delta Lloyd Bank, OHRA Bank, Bankunie NV, Smeets Securities NV and Delta Lloyd Hypotheken.Division comprised over 600 FTE’s in two countries, NLG 5 bln Balance Sheet, and NLG 51 mln profit (2001); -
Senior Vice PresidentAbn Amro Bank N.V. Jul 1984 - Jun 1999Taiwan, Canada, India, Uruguay, NetherlandsDifferent management roles in ABN AMRO's international division
Maarten Susan Skills
Maarten Susan Education Details
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Accounting & Finance -
Business Administration And Management, General -
London School Of Foreign TradeForeign Trade -
Goois LyceumVwo Diploma
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Flevoschool
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