Klaas Molenaar

Position: General Director TF

Division: All divisions

Nationality: Dutch

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Mr. Klaas Molenaar (1949) founded FACET BV in 1990 and at present he is General Director of Triodos Facet.

He is a widely respected expert in the areas of entrepreneurship development, SME support programmes and Financial services for SMEs. He is available for short-term missions, especially in the areas of project formulation, evaluation, technical backstopping, and training. 

Further Mr. Molenaar is Advisor of IntEnt, an organisation specialised in business development for migrant entrepreneurs, residing in the Netherlands wishing to set up a SME in the country of origin, and Director of SEON Foundation, an organization specialized in entrepreneurship development and business creation in The Netherlands. Mr. Molenaar is also board member of various organisations such as EMN, SOVEC, HIC.

Mr. Molenaar's key areas of expertise include: Finance for Small and Micro Enterprises, Credit Guarantee Funds for SMEs, Small and Micro Business Creation, Entrepreneurship Development, Non-Governmental Organisations, SME Development, Training and Human Resource Development (business advisors, bank staff)

Country experience:
Afghanistan, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Netherlands Antilles, Ecuador, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, The Philippines, Peru, Poland, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.