Idsert Boersma is the Director of Partnerships for Impact (P4i) at FMO. P4i builds partnerships to mobilize finance and knowledge to accelerate impact investing. The team of 50+ professionals drive FMO’s asset management activities consisting of both public mandates e.g. Dutch government, European Commission as well as the ‘institutional’ mandates e.g. debt funds -FMO’s Investment Management BV- and Syndications. Idsert has been working at FMO for over ten years. Before heading P4i, he held several senior management positions in FMO, Director Legal Affairs; and Manager Private Equity. Prior, Idsert worked at the World Bank and at the Dutch Ministry of Finance. He started his career at Exxon (Esso). Idsert holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Laws from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

His passion is investing in emerging markets to empower people to create a better life. In his free time, he likes to be with his family (three kids and spouse); enjoys the outdoors and sport like tennis and running.