Ward Heij
Business Development Director - Origination
Ward joined Colesco in 2026 as a Business Development Manager for C4IF.
At Colesco, Ward is responsible for transaction origination in the areas of circularity and energy transition for the C4IF fund. He also works on the fund’s positioning and thought leadership initiatives, while helping circular entrepreneurs to scale.
Ward leverages ten years of experience at the intersection of (corporate) strategy, entrepreneurship and technology. Before joining Colesco, he worked as a strategy consultant at Monitor Deloitte, co-founded his own business and worked as a start-up and scale-up advisor and operator.
Ward holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam.
Contact
ward.heij@colescocapital.comLatest from Ward Heij
Hungry for Protein: Scaling the Next Generation of Protein
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How do we bring bio-based packaging materials to commercial scale?
This article was published by Packaging Europe Like with most materials, the starting point for any packaging is carbon. Most...
Spotlight on C4IF: Financing the Future of Circularity
This article is part of our ongoing series on circularity, building on insights from a recent piece in Financial Investigator,[1]...
Closing the Plastics Loop: Can Chemical Recycling Deliver on the Promise?
This article was published by World Bio Market Insights Plastic has become indispensable to modern life, yet the way we...
Circular economy: an opportunity for impact
In today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, the circular economy is moving from concept to strategic priority. By helping to decouple economic...
Hungry for Protein: Scaling the Next Generation of Protein
The protein on tomorrow’s plate may not come from a field, farm or fishing vessel. It could be produced by...
How do we bring bio-based packaging materials to commercial scale?
This article was published by Packaging Europe Like with most materials, the starting point for any packaging is carbon. Most...
Spotlight on C4IF: Financing the Future of Circularity
This article is part of our ongoing series on circularity, building on insights from a recent piece in Financial Investigator,[1]...
Closing the Plastics Loop: Can Chemical Recycling Deliver on the Promise?
This article was published by World Bio Market Insights Plastic has become indispensable to modern life, yet the way we...
Circular economy: an opportunity for impact
In today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, the circular economy is moving from concept to strategic priority. By helping to decouple economic...
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