Sjoerd van der Meulen
Vice President Global Insurance
Sjoerd van der Meulen
Vice President Global Insurance
Netherlands
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2018 - Current
We focus on Consulting and Interim assignments in the areas of Insurance, Outsourcing and Technology Services/Solutions. Latest projects: 1. Interim executive team member with Insurtech company. 2. COO and CTO assignment with ESG Insurtech company 3. Building and go to market of voluntary carbon market technology solutions 4. Building concept and development of hybrid insurance policy administration application for B2B2C parametric insurance 5. Risk management advice to one of the leading biodiversity project developers in the UK
Senior Advisor
2023
Nature Based Carbon Removal and Risk Management. Enabling AI-powered technology solution to safeguard ESG investments. Cynapses.ai is a London start-up company established and run by friends who have worked in multinational technology companies. A Unique Platform that unifies the requirements of the ecosystem of carbon credit assurance, asset management, and monitoring. The platform is modular with the ability to be used individually or unified, based on our clients' specific requirements: #We develop bespoke Innovative Carbon Insurance products for Investors and Project developers in Nature based carbon offset projects. #The management administration platform for nature-based carbon credits/certficates/token assets Insurance # Carbon sequestration algorithm and Data - We have a deep understanding of the nature-based assets, for carbon validation of carbon removal and Eco service valuation during the whole projects' life cycle # AI Powered Technology for Monitoring Review and Validation of nature-based assets
Pathfinder Financial Services
2021
Supporting Irish start-up companies to go to market in local European markets with various research activities, intermediating with potential clients, organizing events.
Senior Advisor
2019
British Pearl is a property investment platform. We specialise in fractionalised property investing. We offer people who may not have the time, resources, or appetite to fully fund a property investment a way to take advantage of the benefits of property investing - with none of the hassle.
Risk Management Consultant
2023 - 2024
Structure and define risks associated with biodiversity investment projects and ecosystems
Founding partner | Chief Operations Officer | Chief Technology Officer
2021 - 2023
A start-up Venture supported by Enterprise Ireland resp. Irish Government. We co-design innovative financial and insurance products to support the UN SDG goals. We have designed products in the areas of vulnerable communities, carbon credit insurance for nature-based projects, Utility/Energy companies, Web3/4 insurance.
Charity sponsor Kenya
2016 - 2017
sponsor of small scale projects in Kenya
Vice President | Head Of Sales DACH | BeNeLux
2011 - 2016
Full life cycle Sales Leader responsible for the Benelux and DACH region covering all technology service lines. In this role Sjoerd also introduced Capgemini (formerly IGATE Global Solutions) to a large acquisition deals and complex deals >$100M. Consulting Services Technology Integration/Implementation Services BPO Services TPA Services
Charity sponsor Kenya
2010 - 2011
small scale projects in Kenya
Vice President | Global Insurance Insurance domain head
2008 - 2010
Global consulting head for Insurance, assisting the local sales teams worldwide to win large complex deals >$10M.
Education
Postgraduate Degree
1989 - 1989
Master of Laws - LLM
1983 - 1988