Ief Winckelmans

Sustainability is not about the planet, it's about us and our relationship with the global eco-system that makes this blue planet a welcoming home to all things living.

Before starting a non-profit that facilitates the transition to a sustainable society, Ief started a VC-funded ICT company (sold in 2001), transitioned into venture capital, assisted Huawei with its launch in Europe and built a services company for UHNWI's in China.

Working in and with China during its rapid industrial growth was extremely exhilarating but confronted with the massive scale of the environmental destruction, I decided that I could no longer remain on the sidelines.

What initially started as a cleantech fund, quickly became IMPACTVISTA, an international non-profit organisation that creates and manages collaborations between universities, R&D centers, companies, investors and philanthropists to find, create and deploy transformational solutions for the biggest environmental challenges of our time.