Fokko Wientjes
Fokko Wientjes is Director Corporate Sustainability and Program Director of the Global Public Private Partnership DSM – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). He has developed Sustainability in DSM and increased the awareness around the strategic importance of stakeholder engagement. In that capacity he is the Program Director of the largest PPP of DSM, with UN WFP. Moreover, he is DSM liaison with the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. Wientjes is also on the Sustainability Advisory Board of SNS Reaal, (insurance company for Dutch banks) and on the International Advisory Board of the Maastricht University School of Business & Economics.
Professional background
After joining DSM in 1988 he has held several positions, including Regional Director South America, General Manager DSM Anti-Infectives in Egypt, and HR director for DSM Resins in Switzerland. Fokko Wientjes has a degree in Psychology, accompanied by several courses in the field of Marketing and Management, e.g. at INSEAD.