Meet the team

Peter van Giessel

Investment Director

Investment domains
Resources

Portfolio
AOG, Magseis, Rocsole, HyET, ProVenture, Akselos

Based in
Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands

Carolien de Graaf

Finance Manager Shell Ventures

Based in

Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands

Maurice Benning

Venture Principal

Investment domains
Resources, New Fuels, Nature Based Solutions

Portfolio
Asperitas, HyET Hydrogen, Maniv Mobility Fund II, Revel Transit and Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Climate Investments.

Based in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jermaine Saaltink

Venture Principal

Investment domains
Mobility, Power

Portfolio
Board Observer Halfwave, Board Observer Tiramizoo, Board Observer for Husk, Board Observer Nordsol, Rockstart focal point 

Based in 
Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands

Varun Rikhi

Supply Chain Manager

Based in
The Hague, The Netherlands

Karinya Turnbull

Implementation manager

Investment Domains
Mobility, Trading & Supply, Resources

Based in
The Hague, The Netherlands

Armanda Borggreve

Senior Investment Associate

Investment domains 
Resources, Mobility

Based in
The Hague, The Netherlands

Yuri Schenkhuizen

Senior Investment Associate

Based in
Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands

Justian Driessen

Investment Associate

Investment domains
Power, Energy Access, Mobility, Resources

Based in
Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands

Nina Gentis

Venture Analyst

Investment domains
Resources, Mobility, Power

Based in
The Hague, The Netherlands

Jesse van Kyuk

Legal Counsel New Energies

Based in
The Hague, The Netherlands

Disi Ye

External Relations Advisor

Based in 
The Hague, The Netherlands

Brian Panoff

Investment Director

Investment domains
Digital, IT, and Mobility Technologies

Portfolio:
Cumulus, Quantico, Sense Labs, Spiffy

Based in
(Manages team) Boston, USA

Kirk Coburn

Investment Director

Investment domains
Resources, Power

Portfolio
Bluware

Based in
(Manages team) Houston, USA

Vikas Gupta

Venture Principal

Investment domains
Power, Mobility, Energy Storage, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain

Portfolio
Axiom Exergy, AutoGrid

Based in
San Francisco, USA

Sharief Moghazy

Implementation Manager

Investment domains
Resources, Renewable Power, Connected Energy, and Heating

Based in
Houston, USA

Roman Kiwakyou

Senior Investment Associate

Investment domains
Power, Mobility, Connected Energy

Based in
San Francisco, USA

Hector MacQuarrie

Senior Investment Associate

Investment domains
Mobility, Power

Based in
Boston/Cambridge, USA

Rens Valk

Venture Analyst

Investment domains
Mobility, Automotive Aftermarket Innovation, New Digital Business Models and Technologies

Portfolio
Openbay

Based in
Houston, United States