May 21, 2020
Stef van Dongen is an innovator and impact-driven entrepreneur.
His lifework is focused on how humans can live in harmony with
nature and each other. Stef has over 18 years of experience in the
impact sector. In 2002 he founded the social enterprise group Enviu
from the belief that entrepreneurs can play a major role in solving
the world’s biggest challenges. Over the years Stef co-founded more
than a dozen cutting edge social enterprises and innovation
programs in the field of access to financial services, access to
food and circular economy. Through his business Pioneers of Our
Time, he builds partnerships and impact-investment vehicles for
real assets e.g. a landscape and forest regeneration project in the
Spanish Pyrenees.
Stef was awarded the lifetime achievement award “Radical
Innovators” from Vrij Nederland Magazine. He is a distinguished
Alumni of the Rotterdam School of Management, where he did his
Master with a focus on Global Business Society Management. Stef is
a passionate Chairman for NEXUS Europe and board member and advisor
of several social enterprises, HNW individuals and innovation
networks.