Pieter V.
Designer
Experience
Designer
Fully Sustainable Off-Grid Housing Concept
Year-round temperature control (passive cooling/heating).
On-site bio-digester for organic waste-to-energy conversion.
Integrated greenhouse for year-round food production.
Aligns with STDF’s focus on climate resilience and sustainable agri-food systems for rural communities.
Founder
Isolar Solar Aquaponics
- Designed a sustainable solar-powered aquaponics system for self-sufficient food, water, and energy production.
- Focused on resilient food systems for regions with limited arable land, aligning with STDF’s goals of food security and safe trade.
- Incubated by Niarchos Foundation, validating scalability for developing economies.
Co-Founder
Isonom DLT Platform
- Developed a DLT-based platform for secure, traceable P2P trade in food, real estate, and financial instruments.
- Enhanced transparency, reduced fraud, and ensured compliance with international food safety standards (SPS measures) in agri-food supply chains.
- Pilot-tested hardware (Isonom Card) for privacy-secure transactions in trade networks in collaboration with CSEM Neuchâtel.
Legal Consultant
e-Governance for Catalonia
- Advised on digital identity and DLT for agri-food traceability, supporting compliance with EU food safety regulations.
- Designed frameworks for smallholder integration into global supply chains, reducing trade barriers.
Consultant
Colruyt Group
- Redesigned supermarket supply chains for provenance tracking, cost efficiency, and fair-trade sourcing from developing countries.
- Improved supplier income and strengthened producer networks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Director
Navital UK Ltd
- Designed and operationalised UK’s largest state-of-the-art HACCP-certified shellfish processing plant, ensuring compliance with EU/UK food safety standards (SPS) for export markets.
- Implemented full traceability systems, enabling compliance with WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures for seafood trade.
- Secured €3.5M co-investment from EU FIFG, demonstrating expertise in public grant mobilization for agri-food development, creating 200+ jobs in a post-conflict region, boosting rural economic resilience.
Director
Mari-Vis BV
- Expanded shellfish farming operations to 2% of NL market share, emphasizing food safety and sustainability.
Summary
A visionary leader with 25+ years of expertise in sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, and agri-tech innovation, specializing in food safety, trade compliance, and off-grid resilient systems. Proven success in designing and implementing self-sufficient food/energy solutions, including solar aquaponics, DLT-enabled traceability, and fully sustainable off-grid housing. Combines legal, technical, and entrepreneurial acumen to drive smart food systems in developing economies.
Languages
Education
University of Stirling
MSc · Investment Analysis · United Kingdom
University of London
LL.M · Business Law & Marine Insurance · United Kingdom
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
BSc · Commercial & European Law · Netherlands
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