Sustainable Game Changers with balls

  • Date: 01-Dec-2021
  • Source: Finextra
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Gulf
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Sustainable Game Changers with balls







Turning the tide




Between 1995 and 2010 I climbed the corporate ladder into the multi-national board room. I was a trained Dutch economist and former navy seal that rigorously drove growth for the brands that employed me, with creativity, innovation power and can-do mentality


as my strong weapons. I was a product of the post war profitable growth leadership generation and far from seen as a green leader. Until 2010 that is, when I switched my career from corporate leadership into fintech entrepreneurship. A game changing move!


Not only my career switched, but above all, my internal motivation switched! As I had become a father of 4 children, I realized that I had a mission in life. One different than one dimensional profit generation! Therefore, the tech-companies I founded and


grew over the past decade operated all from my mission to radically improve financial inclusion and equality. Up till now we helped 2.5 million underserved households with € 4.5 billion granted loans to access finance and build their lives. Financial inclusion


of Gen Z that lacked credit scores or financial knowledge to buy a house. Financial inclusion of self-employed and financial inclusion of farmers and woman in developing countries. Loft visions