Marco van der Ree is a founding Board Member of Conexsus and was interim Executive Director for most part of 2023. He is a strategic, passionate and innovative executive leader and social entrepreneur with 25+ years of global sustainable development experience.
He founded Brokering Solidarity in 2015, building partnerships and engagement for sustainable development. He also worked from 2018-22 in executive management roles with EIT Climate-KIC, the Global Reporting Initiative, and TNC Latin America. In 2019, he was senior consultant for the 10-year Amazon Fund evaluation.
He started his career in Brazil in 1996 with ISPN, a socio-environmental NGO, he spent 17 years with UN organizations (UNCDF, UNDP, UNOPS, UN Volunteers). As UNV Chief Partnerships he led the global Volunteer Action Counts campaign for Rio+20, with 64 million volunteer actions.
Marco is a Board Member with multiple organizations, OLBIOS, GFB, KCIC and Green Light District.
