
Steven Serneels
Steven is a serial entrepreneur and impact investor. Working with social, business, and financial actors, he focuses on the sweet spot where these three angles come together. Steven is an active impact investor and a member of the board and investment committee of several (impact) funds.
Steven co-founded S&V Management Consultants in 1992, specializing in Supply Chain and Operations Strategy. From 1992 to 2011, Steven was also a senior researcher and lecturer at the Vlerick Business School.
Steven is the co-founder and chair of Impact Finance Belgium (IFB).
Until mid-2022, he was chair of Impact Europe, a leading European membership organization helping foundations and impact investors explore and grow their impact strategies in Europe and beyond. From 2018 to 2020, he was Impact Europe’s CEO.
Since 2015, Steven has been chairman of Kampani, a social impact investment fund, unlocking the potential of entrepreneurial farming in the South.
In 2019, he joined the board of the Impact Investment Institute, the leading institute on impact investing in the UK. In 2024, he was asked to join the board of GSG Impact, the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing.
Steven is a co-founder and board member of Iristick (2017), developing, producing, and commercializing smart safety glasses for Industry and Society (Health for All).
He is also a Board member of The Institute of Tropical Medicine and Chair of G1000, the Belgian platform for democratic innovation. Till 2019, he was vice-chair of Trusted Family, providing services to family offices.