Adriaan Korthuis

Adriaan Korthuis is a co-founder and managing partner of Climate Focus. He is a strategic advisor of companies, government agencies and international organisations across the globe. He possesses a profound knowledge of climate change projects and market dynamics. He is a strong promoter of private sector engagement in climate finance and has a keen eye on the interaction between public sector policy development and private sector engagement. 

Currently, Adriaan is advising on voluntary carbon markets and their role in global decarbonisation and net-zero ambitions of companies. For WCF, he clarified the link between emission reduction reduction projects in cocoa farming and net-zero pathways of chocolate companies. Adriaan enjoys presenting to large and small audiences and breaking down complex information on climate finance and climate policy into understandable terms that allow business executives and policy officers to make informed decisions. 

Prior to co-founding Climate Focus, Adriaan set up and managed the ground-breaking programs for purchasing carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation on behalf of the Dutch Government. He has a MSc degree in Food Science from Wageningen University.