Shaping Sustainable Development through Eco-entrepreneurship

Amélie Heuër

Amélie Heuër worked for SEED from 2009 to 2016 as Head of Research. Before joining SEED Amélie worked for several years on marine conservation and coastal resources management in the Philippines, where she conducted and managed several socio-economic and livelihood research projects. While working for the NGO Coral Cay Conservation, she was also in charge of community development and initiated a few livelihood development projects.

Previously she worked in London as Deputy Manager for the Author’s Licensing and Collecting Society to protect and promote the rights of authors. 

Amélie has a Masters Degree (MSc) in Human and Development Geography, which she studied at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the University College of London (UCL).

Bart Slob

Bart Slob is a senior advisor at KIT, working actively with governments, public authorities, civil society organisations and companies to promote and ensure responsible business behaviour. His expertise is in implementation of CSR policies, value chain analysis, business ethics, business and human rights, and sustainable private sector development.

Helena Posthumus

Helena Posthumus is an interdisciplinary academic specialised in rural development and natural resource management, combining knowledge and experience from social and agricultural sciences. She has particular skills and expertise in agricultural economics and policy, rural land use, land and water management, value chain development, and impact assessment. She has worked as a senior advisor at KIT since 2013. Prior to that, she has worked in academia in the UK and the Netherlands for 15 years, carrying out academic research in the field of sustainable development.

Rainer Agster

Rainer Agster has supported SEED since 2006. He serves as Director of Operations at SEED and oversees all operations within SEED's Hosting Partner adelphi research, providing input to the strategic development of SEED. Rainer joined adelphi in 2002 as a Senior Project Manager and is now adelphi's Director of Private Sector Cooperation. His focus is on social and environmental entrepreneurship, energy efficiency, green finance and adaptation to climate change.

Rainer has experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of sustainable development projects for national and international clients (EuropeAID, DG Energy and Transport, DG Education and Culture, UNFCCC, UNEP as well as Austrian, Chinese, German and Indian ministries, GIZ and KfW). Rainer graduated from the University of Applied Science Bremen in an International Study Programme for Environmental Engineering and has a Masters degree in Business Administration with a focus on sustainability management from the University of Leuphana in Lueneburg. He also studied one year at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. 

Roger Bymolt

Roger Bymolt, M.A. is a Senior Advisor on issues of sustainable economic development at KIT, based in Amsterdam. Over the last 10 years he has built expertise in programme monitoring and evaluation, value chain development, carbon markets, as well as online/social media and video. Roger has extensive experience in Africa and Asia. Roger has worked throughout Africa and Asia and particularly enjoys engaging in participatory approaches to research. Roger has a proven track record in designing research plans, methodologies and conducting qualitative and quantitative impact assessments. His conceptual strengths are balanced with a pragmatism for finding working solutions in challenging research environments. Roger is a confident communicator and enjoys sharing and debating ideas in workshops and seminars and believes that building effective partnerships with colleagues, clients and partners is essential to the success of any project.Mira Slavova is an associated researcher at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and has conducted research in the area of Digital Disruption with a specific focus on fintech, smart grids, and IoT. She has extensive experience in technology innovation within the African context (Liberia, Ghana, South Africa). She holds a PhD from Cambridge, UK and has completed postdoctoral research at International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC; and more recently at the SAP Africa Innovation Centre in Pretoria. Mira has worked closely with policy makers and donor agencies such as UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, ITC. She is originally from Bulgaria.