Ben Zwinkels is a Senior Investment Officer of the Equity Department of the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and is mainly responsible for around 15 Private Equity Funds with a focus on investing in “Small and Medium Sized Companies” in Africa.
Ben Zwinkels has worked with FMO for over 25 years and has initiated a substantial number of projects for FMO, mainly in the financial sector and private equity business in Africa. He holds positions as a Board Member in a number of commercial banks and in investment committees. Two of the leading African banking groups in the region of Central Africa are serviced by him as advisor and Board Member. Afriland First Group is one of them, which operates in four Central African countries. He is also a board member of the AfricInvest-FMO Financial Sector Development Fund.