Paul van der Linden

Paul van der Linden has a diverse work experience spanning across various companies and roles. Paul is currently the CEO of Enviu, a company that builds ventures aiming to positively impact the lives of at least 1 million people. Prior to this, they held the position of Managing Director and Director East Africa at Enviu. Paul also served as the Program Lead FoodFlow and Venture Builder at Enviu.

In addition, Paul is a Co-Founder of SokoFresh™, a company in Kenya that offers off-grid powered mobile cold storage aggregation and market linkage services to farmers and buyers in horticultural value chains. The company's goal is to reduce post-harvest loss, increase farmers' incomes, and streamline value chains.

Before their current roles, Paul worked at Solarplaza as the COO, responsible for bottom-line results, planning, strategy, HR, recruitment, and business development. Paul also served as the Vice-President & Marketing Director at Solarplaza, leading marketing activities and promoting international events. Paul started their career at Solarplaza as a Marketing Manager & Project Manager.

Paul's early work experience includes an internship in corporate sponsoring at War Child Holland.

Paul van der Linden completed their education at various institutions. Paul began with their Gymnasium degree at Comenius College, which they attended from 1998 to 2004. Paul then pursued their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Business Administration/Bedrijfskunde (BA) at Erasmus University Rotterdam from 2004 to 2007. Following this, they obtained their Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Strategic Management from the same university, completing their studies from 2008 to 2010.