Arne Hautekiet holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Economics from KU Leuven, with a specialisation in Finance and Business Information Management. Following some first experience in consulting, he completed a second Master’s degree in Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, where his academic work focused on the relationship between ESG & impact factors and corporate performance. After completing his studies, Arne worked in financial services at KPMG before joining a research group at the University of Rotterdam where he supported agtech startups through the design and setup of pilot projects aimed at early validation and deployment of new technologies.
