Fons Marcelis joined SEAF’s Board of Directors in 2020, bringing four decades of experience in organization, management, and human resources. Fons spent 12 years as a management consultant and manager in the primary and preventive healthcare sector at Philips Electronics. He then worked over 24...
Yasmin Saadat joined SEAF's Board of Directors in 2019, bringing more than three decades of experience in development economics and investing in emerging markets. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity at Southern Methodist University where she...
Rockefeller Foundation Fellow Agnes Dasewicz joined the SEAF board in 2018. She has more than 20 years of experience in private equity and impact investment. Currently, as part of the inaugural Fellowship cohort at the Rockefeller Foundation, Agnes is working to scale up investment into underserved...
Bert van der Vaart is the Co-founder and CEO of SEAF, leading SEAF’s global operations, including fund launch efforts, and also serves as a member of SEAF’s Global Investment Committee. Bert co-founded SEAF in 1989, when it was known as the CARE Small Business Assistance...
Javed Hamid joined the Board of SEAF in 2013, and was elected Chairman in 2016. Currently serving as a Senior Advisor to the International Executive Service Corps, Javed spent the majority of his career at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group....
