Entrepreneur. Ecosystem builder. Board advisor.
Where others see borders, I build markets.
Amsterdam and Casablanca. Five languages. One network.أحمد لروز
Roles, partners and fellowships
RabobankGerman Marshall FundUS State Department IVLPClimateLaunchpadRotterdam Chamber of CommerceMunicipality of RotterdamInholland
01 / Who I am
I do not write reports about markets. I build in them.
I started my first company in 2000, grew it to 22 consultants and sold it. Since then I have built a trade centre, a fund, a festival in 42 cities and the cleantech startup ecosystem of a country.
The pattern is always the same. Two sides that should be doing business. A gap between them. Someone has to stand in the middle.
That is where I work.
Read my story02 / What I do
Bridge. Build. Grow.
Bridge markets.
Entering Morocco, Africa or the Gulf? I bring the map, the introductions and the people who make decisions.
Build ecosystems.
From ClimateLaunchpad Morocco to Women in Cleantech, I design programmes that produce real companies.
Grow leaders.
I coach founders, executives and public leaders. In the boardroom, in the classroom, one to one.
03 / The record
Numbers I can stand behind.
25+
years building companies and ecosystems
500+
startups trained and coached
42
Dutch cities reached by one festival
5
languages, spoken fluently
When you stop learning, you stop leading.
05 / On stage
I speak from what I built.
Keynotes, panels and masterclasses on doing business between Europe and Africa, cleantech, diaspora and leadership. In Arabic, English, French and Dutch.
Book Ahmed to speak06 / In their words
Quote from an executive. Pending the real words and permission.
Quote from an institution. Pending the real words and permission.
Quote from a founder. Pending the real words and permission.
07 / Thinking out loud
Notes from both sides of the Mediterranean.
Is there a market you should be in?
Tell me where you want to go. I will tell you, honestly, if I can get you there.
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