About Convent Capital

Maarten Meijnen
Founding Partner

Maarten has been working as an investor for some time. Before he founded Convent Capital in 2011, he worked at Egeria for five years. Maarten started his professional career in 2004 at Rabobank, where he worked in the leveraged finance department. At both Rabobank and Egeria he did numerous transactions from a financing and equity perspective, both nationally and internationally.

Dirk Hoorn
Founding Partner

Prior to founding Convent Capital, Dirk worked for two years at Royal Vopak N.V. Here he was responsible for international M&A transactions in Asia, Latin America and Europe. Dirk started his professional career in 2004 at Loyens & Loeff N.V. as a corporate lawyer specializing in M&A / private equity transactions.

Steven Bernaert
Principal

Steven has been working at Convent Capital since the summer of 2014 as an Investment Manager. Before that he worked as a strategy consultant at Spring Associates, in particular in the areas of sustainability, renewable energy and financial services. Steven has a master’s degree in Econometrics & Operations Research from the University of Amsterdam.

Adriaan Vrij
Principal

Ingrid Mulder
CFO

Ingrid joined Convent Capital in May 2024 as CFO. She has 20 years’ experience in (executive) finance roles in investment banking and financial services combined with a strong operational, governance and risk background.

Bor Boer
Principal

Bor started his career with Rabobank’s Corporate Bank and Finance departments in Asia and Europe, predominately focused large Food and Agriculture clients. Hereafter Bor co-founded TerraProtein Equity Partners, a corporate finance boutique focussing on Agrifood and Agtech companies. Bor currently sits on the board of the Coexa S.A. and is a mentor in Rockstart’s Agrifood program.

Reynier Arendsen de Wolff
Principal

Reynier began his career as tax lawyer at NautaDutilh, after which he joined Royal Vopak (LATAM) focusing on BD and M&A projects. Here he worked together with Dirk on the acquisition of Vopak’s first LNG terminal in Mexico. Before joining Convent he worked as independent CF advisor (M&A and fund raising) and gained operational experience in cattle farming and forestation businesses.

Stephen McLoughlin
Operational Director

Stephen started in operational roles within agricultural companies within Southern Africa focusing on sustainable and socially responsible farming practises. After moving to the UK in 2012, he did an MBA and went on to co-found TerraProtein Equity Partners, focussing on raising growth capital for numerous Agrifood and Agtech companies.

Sanne Bootsma
Associate

Sanne started her career at Kempen Capital Management where she focused on responsible investing. Afterwards Sanne worked for 3 years at Transaction Services within the M&A department of Deloitte, where she was involved in the development of the sustainability due diligence proposition in addition to financial due diligence work. Sanne holds a masters in Finance from the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam.

Roel van der Molen
Investment Manager

Roel, investment manager since 2023, has gained experience in strategy development & execution at Roland Berger. Here he supported companies with growth, investment and sustainability issues. He laid his financial foundation in Rotterdam with studies in both Finance and Law.

Flo Schepers
Analyst

Flo started her career at Startgreen Capital, an impact fund manager that specializes in renewable energy, diversity, and circular economy. Before that, she interned at Goodwell Investments, a PE fund investing in emerging markets. She holds a degree in International Business from the University of Groningen and Masters in Entrepreneurship from the University of Amsterdam.

Sabine Brans
Office Manager

Sabine started in July 2023 at Convent Capital as an office manager. She has extensive experience in office management, project management and marketing support in the healthcare sector. Sabine is hands-on and gets energy from arranging everything down to the last detail.

Tijmen Nanninga
Investment Manager

Prior to joining Convent Capital in 2024, Tijmen worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions team of J.P. Morgan, advising a range of clients across Europe with a focus on the mid-market. Tijmen started his career at ABN AMRO, where he joined the corporate banking traineeship in the Global Sectors department. Tijmen gained his BSc in Sustainability from Leiden University, and a MSc in Finance from the University of Edinburgh.