For more than a decade, Annelies has leveraged her passion of building strategies to bring people and markets together, supporting entrepreneurship and fostering sustainable impact. Annelies is a seasoned director with a demonstrated history of managing global exhibitions and building innovation programs with a focus on partnerships to accelerate emerging technologies across water & agrifood.
For StartLife, Annelies leads the strategic relationships with existing and prospective partners. She is the liaison between startups and (corporate) partners in order to create successful startup collaborations to meet the corporate innovation strategies.
Annelies firmly believes it is paramount to connect the world of water and agrifood. The route to more sustainable food systems, recognizing the effects of Climate Change, is to fast track the uptake of water solutions creating a measurable direct impact while simplifying the path to Net Zero.
