Benjamin has 13 years of experience in impact investing. His firm, Impact Finance, has disbursed, since October 2011, $360 million in high-impact food value chains. Benjamin is the head of impact and a member of the investment committee. He developed the Kharmax Impact Monitoring System, the company’s proprietary tool, to enable portfolio companies to report on impact. Benjamin serves on the board of Stellar Impact, a Belgian family's private equity impact investing arm, and is a member of the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award jury. Following the merger of his family business Firmenich with the Dutch listed company DSM in 2023, Benjamin, together with his brother Julien and sister Yasmine, has created Anaïs Ventures, a new family business taking the shape of an investment firm based on 4 values: Independence, Impact, Families and Excellence. He lives in Geneva with his wife and two kids and enjoys sailing, skiing and improv.

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