Dorine Poelhekke

Dorine Poelhekke currently serves as the Senior Business Development Manager at The Ocean Cleanup and is a FutureMaker at FutureWomenX, focusing on scaling influence and fostering positive change. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Policy Officer for International Entrepreneurship at the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, where Dorine developed policies to support international entrepreneurial growth, particularly for women-led companies. At SimGas, Dorine led the business development and marketing team, implementing growth strategies within the biogas sector in Africa. Educational credentials include a Master of Science with distinction in Strategic Product Design and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology, supplemented by an International Baccalaureate Diploma.