Hester Klein Lankhorst

Chair of the Board of Directors at Verpact

Speaker

Hester Klein Lankhorst is Chair of the Board of Directors of Verpact. Klein Lankhorst studied law at Utrecht University, after which she entered the legal profession. After this period, she became a policy officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, where she focused on sustainability and later on waste management. From 2012 to 2018, she was director of KIDV, the Sustainable Packaging Knowledge Institute. This organisation helps and advises companies in making their packaging more sustainable. She then spent two years as an entrepreneur at consultancy and investment company Rebel Group, helping organisations make informed and realistic choices in the circular economy. In 2020, Klein Lankhorst made the switch to the Packaging Waste Fund (now Verpact).