Welcome  

Dick van Beers is an independent sustainability professional and engineer specialised in international development.

Dick has 25 years international work experience in various sectors, including manufacturing, resource processing, waste processing, government.

He is passionate about working with companies, government agencies, and development organisations to improve their economic, environmental,  societal performance and scale up their innovations.

In-depth know-how and experience in:

• Sustainable production and resource efficiency

• Eco-industrial parks and sustainable industrial zones

• Circular economy and industrial ecology

• Business models for sustainability and eco-innovation

• Independent evaluations of projects, programmes and proposals

• Project management

International work experience in: 

• Europe: Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia, Moldova, Austria, Ukraine
• Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan
• Africa: South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Morocco
• Americas: USA, Peru, Colombia, Trinidad, Suriname, Belize, Saint Lucia
  

• Oceania: Australia, New Zealand

Education: 

• PhD (Resources and Environment), Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• MSc (Applied Science), University of Cape Town, South Africa
• BSc (Industrial Engineering), University of Professional Education Tilburg, The Netherlands