Patrik is currently General Manager Investments at MRBB, the holding company of the group Boerenbond (Farmer’s Union), and CEO of Agri Investment Fund.
Having started his career as an external auditor at PwC, Patrik joined MRBB in 2004 and quickly found his passion in working for the benefit of the agricultural sector within the Boerenbond family. After successfully setting up and growing the internal audit department, he switched to investment management strengthening and professionalising the financial investment portfolio and monitoring the strategic investments. In 2021 he took over the responsibility of Agri Investment Fund, 100% daughter of MRBB and providing mostly venture capital in innovative AgTech start-ups.
He is a board member in both in mature companies like Arvesta, Acerta and Iscal Sugar and in several innovative AgTech start-up companies such as Aphea.Bio, Protealis, ViroVet and Animab.
Patrik holds a master in Commercial Engineering (University of Leuven), a European Master in Public Administration (University of Leuven and Corvinus University in Budapest) and a Postgraduate in Finance (EHSAL Management School).