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Huib-Jan de Ruitjer
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Member of the Management Board
FMO
Huib-Jan de Ruitjer is Co-Chief Investment Officer at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank. He joined FMO’s Management Board as interim Chief Investment Officer in October 2020. Since 2015, Huib-Jan was Director Financial Institutions, responsible for the sector department which works closely with banks, microfinance institutions and fintechs to advance access to finance for entrepreneurs. He started within FMO as Investment Officer in the Financial Markets department in 2008. He was promoted to Director of this department in 2011 and in this capacity responsible for FMO’s treasury as well as loan syndications.
Before joining FMO, he was an Executive Director in the Financing Group of Goldman Sachs based in London. He started his career at ABN AMRO for which he worked in various roles in Amsterdam, London and Lisbon. Huib-Jan studied in Groningen where he completed Masters in both Business Administration and Law. He is a CFA Charterholder and attended Summerschool at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he took courses on International Development.
He is responsible for FMO’s investment activities, focusing on Impact; Agribusiness, Food & Forestry; Energy; Financial Institutions and Partnerships for Impact, our blending and mobilizing portfolio.
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12:15–1:45pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation
Connecting the Capital Stack: Financing Climate Innovation from First Risk to Scale
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Andy SanManaging DirectorCCX Green Finance International Limited
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Davina HoDirector (Interim), Investor PracticeAIGCC
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Huib-Jan de RuitjerCo-Chief Investment Officer, Member of the Management BoardFMO
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Jonathan HannamManaging DirectorTaronga Group
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Marie CheongFounding Partner100x100
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Mervyn TangInvestment Director, Global Equities & Head of Sustainability, APACSchroders
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Mervin TeoPartnerFullerton Fund Management
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Nikita AsthanaGlobal Head, Sustainability FinanceOlam Agri
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Priya BellinoHead of Sustainability Solutions Group APACSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Hilda SinRegional Director, Head of APAC, Middle EastPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentModerator
About this session
The ClimateTech financing conversation has moved beyond simply identifying where capital is underinvested. The challenge now is capital coordination, across asset classes, investment stages, and between public and private capital.
ClimateTech companies typically require more capital, longer commercialisation timelines, and longer paths to exit. Yet grants, venture equity, growth capital, credit, project finance and infrastructure capital operate with different mandates, risk appetites and time horizons, often with limited coordination between them.
This fragmentation creates challenges on both sides: founders face financing gaps as they move from innovation to scale, while investors may be asked to take risks or accept timelines that do not fit their mandates.
The roundtable will examine where these disconnects occur and how stronger capital coordination and public-private coordination can create better conditions for both ClimateTech companies seeking to scale and investors seeking sustainable risk-adjusted returns.
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