Kees van Seventer

Kees van Seventer is the Chairman of the Board of BW Elara.

Mr van Seventer is currently CEO of SeaSeaS and Managing Partner at KS7 Impact Ventures. He also serves as the Chairman of the KitchenSmart Foundation and a board member of BW Offshore.

He has more than 25 years’ expertise in port infrastructure, new technologies, LNG and energy transition industries. Mr van Seventer was a former Board member of Sohar Industrial Port Company in Oman and a Strategic Committee member at Royal Vopak for 18 years, where he held senior executive roles. Prior to this, he held positions at Solveigh M&A and Corporate Development, as well as Royal Pakhoed.

Mr van Seventer studied Technical Business Management (Rijswijk) and holds an MBA from Business School Nederland.