Shell Foundation, Deputy Director

In November 2008 Jeroen joined the Shell Foundation as Deputy Director to establish the Dutch office, build on existing Dutch relations - both internal and external - and mobilise partnerships between the Foundation and Dutch stakeholders. Jeroen will also oversee the Foundation’s Breathing Space programme in partnership with Envirofit.

Jeroen started his professional career in 1998 with KPMG in the Netherlands, where he worked in Audit as well as Transaction Services. In this latter role, Jeroen was advisor to corporates, financial institutes and private equity players in Mergers and Acquisitions. In 2005 he joined FMO, the Dutch Development Finance Company with a specific focus on private equity and microfinance investments in emerging markets (Eastern Europe, China, Africa). In his role he made investments in several Private Equity Funds as well as direct investments, which he managed from a shareholder perspective, working with a broad range of players in development finance, including microfinance.