WE AIM TO FACILITATE MEANINGFUL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
The team at Khan B.V. has had the privilege to develop effective business relationships in Europe and Asia through their individual careers and networks over a decade. We have experienced and therefore believe in the power of mutually beneficial ventures and are committed to forging alliances between partners with complimentary expertise and aligned business interests. With this view in mind, the team at Khan B.V. joined forces to offer their advisory service.
With track records of establishing and working under multi-national and national partnerships in a variety of areas, Khan B.V. aims to act as a bridge between Netherlands, Bangladesh and beyond, particularly in the Food, Agriculture and Agri-food space. We aim to bring together the necessary expertise to develop projects and partnerships that capitalize on existing trade and investment opportunities in the relevant markets.
ABOUT
Marloes Voermans
Managing Director
Marloes brings over 10 years of experience working in Europe. She is the Managing Director and Founding Partner of Clever Clover, a Netherlands based company with extensive expertise in the FMCG, Food and Retail space. Clever Clover manages 2 venture capital funds focused in Europe and is working in collaboration with REWE International and ERSTE Bank in Austria, to identify and promote innovative new products onto the shelf space of REWE International, one of Europe's largest retailers.
www.startupticket.at
www.cleverclover.vc
Murteza brings over a decade of experience working in Bangladesh. He is a Member of the Board of Governors and Treasurer at South East Asian Co-Operation (SEACO) Foundation which is working to facilitate sub-regional cooperation, trade and investment amongst Bangladesh, Brunei, Maldives, Malaysia and Indonesia. He is a shareholder of A.K.Khan & Company Limited, a diversified family-owned Bangladesh based conglomerate founded in 1945, where he worked for over 8 years. He also serves as a Representative of Dutch Greenhouse Delta in South East Asia.
www.akkhan.com
www.seaco.org.bd
www.dutchgreenhousedelta.com
Murteza Rafi Khan
Director - Business Development
MARLOES VOERMANS
EXPERIENCE
Clever Clover
Managing Director - Founding Partner, October 2012 - Present
The unique vision for Clever Clover was simple: to look beyond web and digital start-ups to the countless other opportunities for innovative ideas and new business models in traditional industries. Clever Clover was created to deliver a unique platform for helping these businesses grow, through investment, knowledge and an exemplary network of hand-picked Experts. Today, Clever Clover has partnerships with a number of innovative early stage companies in food, travel, leisure and manufacturing.
www.startupticket.at
www.facebook.com/cleverclover
www.cleverclover.vc
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Michael Bailey Associates
Business Development Manager 2011 - 2015
MBA is acknowledged as one of the leading European IT/ICT recruitment specialist. We focus exclusively on supplying both permanent and contract IT staff from our offices in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Singapore. Our knowledge of the IT staffing sector, local understanding and language within Europe enables us to provide clients and candidates alike with outstanding recruitment expertise and service.
www.michaelbaileyassociates.com
De Persgroep Advertising
Account Manager Special Campaigns 2009 - 2011
De Persgroep Nederland is an ambitious, leading publisher that is passionate about its readers and web surfers. AD, de Volkskrant, Trouw and Het Parool form the strong news brands of De Persgroep Nederland and help to determine social and political debate. De Persgroep Nederland is also the publisher behind unique websites in the field of labour market communications: NationaleVacaturebank.nl and Intermediair.nl. In addition, Tweakers.net, Carsom.nl and not forgetting the leading car site in the Netherlands, Autotrack.nl, are all part of De Persgroep's corporate portfolio.
Planet Media Group
Project Manager 2008 - March 2009
Media Planet is a global content marketing powerhouse. We are storytellers with a purpose. Mediaplanet creates useful content that educates our audience and positions our clients as solution providers. We are a one-stop shop for content creation and distribution, and the experts in turning interest into action. We started in Stockholm in 2002. Now we are in 17 offices across 15 countries on both sides of the Atlantic. We have more than a decade of experience creating cross platform content marketing campaigns, and offer solutions that fit nearly every industry, client and budget.
Reed Business
Account Manager February 2006 - September 2008
Reed Business Information is a provider of business information, data and marketing solutions in multiple formats. We produce industry critical data services and marketing solutions, as well as online community and job sites. We publish business magazines with market leading positions in many sectors.
EDUCATION
Rotterdam School of Management
MScBA, International Business Administration
Rotterdam, Netherlands 2004 - 2008
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MURTEZA RAFI KHAN
EXPERIENCE
Dutch Greenhouse Delta
Representative - South East Asia, 2020 – Present
Dutch Greenhouse Delta (DGD) is a foundation that aims to promote the Dutch horticultural sector worldwide. DGD focuses on complex, large-scale projects concerning food and floriculture issues in growing regions and megacities.
www.dutchgreenhousedelta.com
South East Asian Cooperation Organization (SEACO) Foundation
Treasurer & Member of Board of Governors, 2010 – Present
SEACO Foundation is promoting and facilitating enhanced sub-regional cooperation in trade, investment and overall institutional collaboration with the objective of greater social-economic partnership amongst countries in the South and South Asian Region, comprising of Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Maldives.
www.seaco.org.bd
Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN)
CEO, Dec 2018 – present
Co-Chair of Executive Committee, Mar 2016 – Dec 2018
Established the Bangladesh Business & Disability Network through a collaboration with Bangladesh Employers’ Federation, employers, disability organizations and development partners to strategically facilitate employment of people with disabilities in the private sector.
www.bbdn.com.bd
A.K.Khan & Company Ltd. and A.K.Khan Foundation
Project Director, Oct 2012 – Mar 2018
Project Manager, Sep 2009 – Oct 2012
A.K.Khan WaterHealth (Bangladesh) Ltd.
Director of Business Development, Jan 2011 – May 2017
A joint venture of A.K.Khan & Co. Ltd, International Finance Corporation (IFC of World Bank Group) and WaterHealth International to provide access to safe water by designing, installing, commissioning and monitoring water treatment solutions for drinking, household and industrial use. Led the business development efforts of the company.
Pitched the idea and led the initiative at A.K.Khan Foundation to partner with Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed to establish A.K.Khan - CRP Chittagong Centre
www.akkhan.com
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EDUCATION
McGill University
BA in Economics & English
Montreal, Canada 2005-09
Upper Canada College
International Baccalaureate
Toronto, Canada 2002-05
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marloes@khanbv.com
murteza@khanbv.com
+31.622.270.348
+88.01730.453.453