Bianca Nijhof

Associate Director – Nature & Water
Anthesis

Bianca is Associate Director for Nature & Water at Anthesis. She has extensive experience in natural, social and human capital, water, biodiversity, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and environmental social governance. She is a co-author of the Natural Capital Protocol and co-developer of BioScope. As a landscape ecologist by training, she has worked across a variety of sectors and excels in integrated approaches working towards systems change, contributing to high-value outcomes across sustainability, business transformation, capacity building, program management and stakeholder engagement.

Previously, Bianca was the Managing Director of the Netherlands Water Partnership, a strong network of Dutch water organisations working worldwide on co-creating future-proof solutions and catalysing global water impact. While with Arcadis, she was also a founding member of the Core Sustainability Team, designing and implementing Arcadis’ NV sustainability strategy.

Bianca is a Member of the Advisory Panel of the Capitals Coalition, the Value Commission, and the Strategic Council of the International Water Association, as well as Co-chair of the Foundation Board of Workplace Pride. As a triathlete, she was a former member of the Dutch Para-triathlon selection, guiding visually impaired triathletes.

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