Paulus Verschuren
Paulus Verschuren’s involvement in the interrelated fields of agriculture, food, nutrition, and health began after his education as a biologist and included roles with both the public and private sector, including with Unilever and the Dutch Government. Paulus works across disciplines and developed the “Dutch Diamond” approach of building partnerships with private sector, public sector, civic society and knowledge institutes, working together to resolve issues of food and malnutrition. Paulus was the Special Envoy for Food and Nutrition Security for the Dutch government. In this role, he introduced nutrition within the arena of agriculture and food security and helped build public-private partnerships responding to the zero hunger challenge. Previously, Paulus had a successful career at Unilever where he held various managerial positions, all geared toward improving peoples’ nutrition and wellbeing: initially in the field of over-nutrition, and later in building a world without hunger and micronutrient malnutrition. Paulus also served the as Executive Director and Chair of ILSI Europe and chaired the GAIN Business Alliance. He now combines various activities including Chair of the Access to Nutrition Foundation, Non-Executive Board member of CABI, Chair of Local Heroes, and Chair of the SDGP Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds an MSc in Biology.
