Bernard ten Doeschot

Board of Advisor, Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship

Bernard ten Doeschot is the founder, owner and Executive Director of Infestos. Infestos is an independent investment organisation focused on the sustainable investment of family capital in companies with unique market positions or technologies and a strong link to sustainability themes.

Examples of Infestos’ portfolio companies include NX Filtration and Neways. NX Filtration is active in the water transition, offering nanofiltration membrane technology to address global water scarcity and water quality challenges. The company’s sustainable profile is broadly recognized, for example by Cicero, who in 2021 rated NX Filtration as first Dark Green-labelled IPO. Neways is an international innovator in electronics for smart mobility, connectivity and semicon solutions. It develops and produces electronics that facilitate major trends around global ESG themes.

In the past, Infestos has been invested in Alfen, a company facilitating the energy transition with smart grids, EV charging equipment and energy storage solutions. Infestos strongly contributed to establishing the leading position and fast international growth of Alfen that resulted in an IPO in 2018.

In addition to its investment portfolio, Infestos has founded TalentNED, a multi-sport talent development program that supports young athletes to prepare for a successful career in their sports. Infestos is also active in the sustainable renovation of monumental real estate and projects in the fields of education and healthcare through the Infestos Foundation.

Bernard ten Doeschot started his career as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1992 and joined Norit in 1996 as financial director of Norit’s Process Technology Division which led to an executive board position at Norit between 2000 and 2011. Bernard ten Doeschot holds a MSc in Business Economics and an EMA in Accountancy from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Bernard is a Dutch national living in Switzerland. He is married and has 3 children