Veerle is the co-founder of PYM, the Conscious Investors’ Community, the leading independent platform in the Benelux with over 2000 members, which connects and guides wealth owners to invest their capital consciously for a better world. Veerle has been an impact investor since 2004 following an international career in investor relations. She has built a diverse investment portfolio of direct and indirect investments in funds in sectors such as micro-finance, renewable energy, cleantech, aquaculture and food & water distribution. Both in developed as well as in emerging markets in Africa and Latin America. After starting her career in investor relations in New York, she moved to Paris and London to set up the European operations of Technimetrics, one of the first fintech companies, which was then acquired by Thomson Reuters. Veerle then became a Partner at Brunswick, the leading financial communications agency, where she was responsible for developing the Benelux market. She relocated to Amsterdam to lead her family office, worked as an advisor for impact organisations and served on several boards, including the board of the Social-Alpha Bastion Fund.