Member of the Ellipson network since 2008,
Professional Background
- Director, Co-Founder the African Technology Development Forum (ATDF) SME Development through innovation and transfer of technology
- Advisor to the government of South Sudan on environment policy and capacity building
- Adviser: United Nations EMPRETEC African Entrepreneurship Forum
- Associate: Earthmind
- WTO negotiations, Trade and sustainable development with a focus on competitiveness, agriculture, supply side capacities, Aid for Trade ICTSD
- UNCTAD: Investment, SME Development, Environmental Accounting
- UNEP: Economic Instruments for Environmental management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental valuation, Financial Institutions Initiative (UNEPFI)
- Consultant: (IUCN) Biodiversity Business and Conservation. The European Conservation Farming Initiative (ECFI), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Agriculture development and trade. CINDE/CAAP Agriculture and trade policy government of Costa Rica
- Senior Advisor, Office of the Executive Director, International Trade Center, Geneva
Academic Background
- Ingenieur, Agriculture and International Trade, Agricultural College, Larenstein, The Netherlands
- Doctoraal Applied Economics, Development Economics, (Drs) University of Nijmegen
- World Bank Institute: Environmental Economics for Development Policy, Washington DC
- Teaching assistant: University of Nijmegen, Faculty of Sociology, Third World Centre (now CIDIN) 1993–1995
- Teaching assistant, Rijks Landbouw Hogeschool Larenstein in Deventer: Development economics, Management and Organization
