Max van der Sleen, Director at Ethical growth strategies BV
About
I am educated as political economist with a Master of Science degree from the University of Groningen (1977), The Netherlands; and a Master of Arts degree of the School of Development Studies. University of East Anglia (1977), UK. After two years in South Korea for the UNDP, I started to work for the Overseas Projects Division of the Netherlands Economic Institute in 1981. 32 years later I retired from its successor- Ecorys as chairman of the board and started my own company. My experience as a research based consultant extends over 35 years in 50 different countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia. Over the decades I worked on port infrastructure, rural development, water infrastructure and economic cooperation policies in different roles: project formulation, project monitoring, evaluation; and as teamleader of multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for design, build, finance, operate and maintain projects. I have worked on environment and water projects since 1984, Since 2015 a significant part of my work as been flood prevention & mitigation in Bangladesh. At the same time I work as a strategy consultant for private clients; and as a Cost Benefit Analysis and PPP trainer. In 2017 I worked in the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Romania and Georgia. I live with my wife on the island of Goeree Overflakkee and we have two grown up children.Information
- Email: Max.vandersleen@gmail.com
- Location: Goedereede, Netherlands
Industry experience
Education: Masters
Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost
Years of experience: 20 years or above
Work experience
Junior Professional Officer
Facilitate projects in the UNDP- South Korea cooperation: ports, water, irrigation, technology transfer, water laboratoryUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1978-12-24 - 1980-12-23
Junior Professional Officer
Facilitate projects in teh UNDP- South Korea cooperation: ports, water, irrigation, technology transfer, water laboratoryUnited Nations Development Programme
1978-12-24 - 1980-12-23
Researcher - Adviser
Project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation assignmentsNetherlands Economic Institute
1981-07 - 1998-12-31
Researcher - Adviser
Project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation assignmentsNetherlands Economic Institute
1981-07 - 1998-12-31
Senior Conultant
Project implementation1999-01 - 2004-06-30
CEO
Company leader,2004-07-01 - 2013-08
Interim manager
Company management, project portfolio leaderIMSA
2014-01 - 2015-04-01
Director
Consultancy assignmentsEthical growth strategies BV
2013-01 - Present
Taxonomy
- Strategic Planning
- Executive
- Project Manager
- Finance
- Research Institute
- Consultant
- Water Management & Security
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Environment
- Water Supply
- Infrastructure
- Strategy Consulting
- Environmental Consulting
- Sustainability
- Climate Change & Sustainability Services
- Water and Environment
- Environmental Assessment & Management
- Geo-environmental engineering
- Project Management
- Water
- Economics & Policy
- Development Cooperation
- Land Use
- Monetising social impact - Bus. Dvlpt/Mgmt - Water/Cleantech
- social and demographic research
- Investments
- Private Equity
- Project Financing
- Infrastructure
- Grants
- Responsible Investment
- Natural Resource Management