Responsible for the launch of the ACT Fund, from fund design to the first close. Working closely with key stakeholders, including CFC's member states, investors, legal teams, and financial advisors, to establish this innovative fund, driving positive impact in for smallholder farmers and natural capital across commodity value chains globally. For more background: https://common-fund.org/ACT-Fund

Participate in investment decisions as an independent member of the IC. The Fund iprovides subordinated funding to 15-20 Financial Intermediaries in emerging markets, thereby catalysing between USD 250 million and 400 million in senior debt which will be on-lent to Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, with a focus on women. The fund is compliant with the 2X Gender criteria. By supporting this post-Covid recovery phase, FIRF offers a timely solution responding to market demand.

The Social Enterprise Fund for Agcriculture in Africa (SEFAA) is a USD 24Mn impact-first fund launched by Sahel Capital and funded by KfW. SEFAA will invest in social enterprises active in the agricultural value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa. SEFAA focuses on innovative solutions offered by Agri-SMEs benefitting smallholder farmers. The Board/ Non-Executive Directors supervise Fund Advisor (Sahel Capital) and the other governing bodies such as the Investment Committee, and the Technical Assistance/ FX Committee.

Provide strategic advice and hands-on support in the pilot phase to design the Smallholder Resilience Fund. SRF is an innovative impact-first fund to invest in those agri-SMEs that add value to the 1.4+ million farmers One Acre Fund already engages with directly. SRF intends to deploy capital to established SMEs in the value chain, alongside technical assistance to de-risk investments. and unlock potential of these agri-SMEs to add value to farmers. Where investment-ready SMEs do not exist, design and launch new SMEs via a venture studio to fill market gaps.

Independent member of the inaugural Investment Committee of the Agri-Finance Liquidity Fund - an initiative funded by KfW/BMZ and managed by Incofin IM investing in sustainable agri-enterprises in Africa and Latin-America.

AgriG8 is an innovative Agri-Fintech social enterprise offering an integrated platform empowering capital providers’ roles in sustainable food systems by bridging the financing gap with smallholder producers. By integrating remote sensing applications, crop yield predictions, and farmers’ behavioural insights, AgriG8 offers predictive modeling and active monitoring to assure lenders of the financial returns and the positive impact their investment has made.

I work with the founding team of a successfull agri-SME Fund on the design of their successor fund. The aim is to design an impact-first blended finance fund to finance agri-SMEs in East-Africa. The design includes the formulation of the Theory of Change/ impact mission, the optimal capital structure mirroring well the impact-return-risk profile, and the governance options.

I work with organizations, funds and teams with the aim to maximize impact in an enterpreneurial way. Assignments range from governance roles (Investment Committee, Board positions) to impact fund/ blended finance structuring advice and interim CFO/ Finance Team Management positions.

I advised a Scandinavian impact fund manager on pipeline development/ strategy in African and Asian inclusive finance sectors. Backed by the long trackrecord investing in early-stage MFIs in Latin America, the fund manager is developing a new high impact fund for making equity investments in early stage MFIs in Africa and Asia. I worked with the fund team on market scoping and establishing contacts with high-potential MFIs for deal origination ahead of the first close of the fund.

Proximity Designs is Myanmar’s largest agricultural social enterprise offering microfinance services, climate smart irrigation products and agronomy advice to over 250,000 farmers annually. Proximity operates as a agricultural platform business through 30 branches and 900 employees across the country. As group CFO, I was in charge of the finance team overseeing the USD 17 million annual operational budget, consisting of a blend of earned revenue and philanthropic capital. Responsible for the entire finance function, regulatory and audit compliance with U.S. GAAP for Not For Profit Corporations (501-c-3), Singapore and Myanmar accounting regulation – including direct reporting to the U.S. non-profit Board of DirectorsIn the Management Team I was also responsible for the IT Services and Digital Innovation teams. With these teams we pushed the strategic agenda to complement, enhance, and where possible, replace our physical presence in rural areas by designing data driven/ digital solutions for operations and customer service delivery.

The Triodos Sustainable Agriculture Fund provides finance to agri-businesses in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The fund was structured as a Dutch Foundation (“Stichting”) with a blended finance base from public and private investors.As Fund Manager I was responsible for overall performance (origination, portfolio management, impact & return performance) of the fund and leading the investment team consisting of Investment Officers and Internal Account Managers. In charge of governance matters such as reporting to the Supervisory Board and compiling (audited) annual accounts

Appointed by the ASN-Novib Fund as it representative in the Bai Tushum Bank's Board of Directors. The bank is the leading microfinance bank in the Kyrgyz Republic, with a focus on small and medium enterprises in rural areas.

Responsible for a team of investment professionals based in various locations: the Netherlands, Thailand and Georgia. Investment (debt/ equity) portfolio in MFIs and SME Banks in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Asia.

Adviser to provincial government, business associations and business training institutes in order to develop local SMEs and the income position of urban and rural poor.

Investment Officer (part-time) for the newly established Triodos Renewable Energy for Development Fund. The fund provides loans, equity and seed capital to SMEs in developing countries, who are active in the sustainable energy field (solar, hydro, wind). The Fund is active in Asia, Africa and South America.

Designed and implemented a Value Chain Development project for the GTZ (now: GiZ) Program in Northern Laos, including a market analysis, training local staff and providing advise to public and private actors agricultural value chains

As Investment Manager responsible for a portfolio of credits to businesses in food retail and renewable energy

Project Manager with B&C Young Executives' three year management development program. Working full-time with clients (on-site within the client's organization) at 6-9 month projects in strategy and business development. Projects (often alongside an senior B&C Interim Manager) were amongst others: setting up a new business unit in a utility company, merging the 112 callcenter teams (Dutch Emergency number) of the regional departments of police, fire department and ambulance services and prearing the investor roadshow of a bio-tech startup.