Maarten Biermans

Partner/Head of ESG at PROW Capital

Speaker

Biermans (1974) is a partner at PROW Capital, where he is responsible for ESG, including for the Green Shipping Fund, a private debt fund aimed at speeding up the decarbonization of shipping. Before joining PROW Capital he worked at Rabobank, initially as Head of Sustainability Policy and subsequently as Global Head Sustainable Finance. Before this he worked as a strategy consultant, specializing in responsible investing in alternative investments. During this time he co-authored the PRI guide on how to integrate ESG in Private Equity. Maarten holds dual master degrees in Philosophy and Economics, both from the University of Amsterdam, where he also obtained his doctorate in Economics in 2012. While working on his dissertation, he was a visiting researcher at Stanford University. Maarten is a board member of the UN Global Compact Netherlands Network and a member of the human rights committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV), an independent body which advises the Dutch government and parliament on foreign policy. He regularly teaches at universities and in the coming academic year will be teaching the course on Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing course at the Amsterdam Business School. He is also a dedicated fan of Bob Dylan.