Bastiaan is the founder of ZAMBEZI ZERØ, established to put super intelligence in the hands of everyone in biosphere sustainability.

Bastiaan had the vision to use the best of the world’s technologies, combined with entrepreneurship and investment to combat African wildlife poaching as part of his 20+ year journey. He first began doing safaris in Africa in 2003 and became a FGASA Level 1 trained Field Guide in 2009. He formally devoted his life to re-establish symbiosis between humanity and our planet through founding ZAMBEZI ZERØ, a for-profit and infinitely scalable solution to a $900B market need by 2030.

Bastiaan spent 15-years with Capgemini Consulting helping executives with digital strategy, innovation, redefining operating models, institutionalizing consumer-centric design, and improving commercial performance. Most recently he helped South African clients find multi-billion USD market opportunities.

Using these tools he built SAMO, a venture capital backed start-up that drives revenue in virtual and augmented reality by helping music industry companies define, finance, and deliver their emerging tech strategy. His corporate and operator experience lead to advising a €100M SDG-centric Dutch venture capital fund LUMO Labs, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His experience makes him a desired team member for high growth startups like StarNews Mobile where he advised them as Head of Corporate & Business Development, and as Director of Operations for the Spatial Web Foundation where the new spatial internet standards are being developed.

He studied engineering and received his Masters in management from Nyenrode University in The Netherlands, followed by several certificate programs at tier-1 institutions like Wharton and MIT.