Bianca Nijhof

Bianca is Associate Director Nature & Water with Anthesis. She has extensive experience on natural, social and human capital, water, biodiversity, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, SDGs and environmental social governance. She is co-author of the Natural Capital Protocol and co-developer of BioScope. As a landscape ecologist by training, she worked across a variety of sectors and excels in integrated approaches working towards systems change, contributing to high value outcomes across sustainability, business transformation, capacity building, program management and stakeholder engagement.

Previously Bianca was the managing Director of the Netherlands Water Partnership, a strong network of Dutch water organisations, working worldwide on co-creating future-proof solutions and catalysing global water impact. While with Arcadis she was ao a founding member of the Core Sustainability Team designing and implementing Arcadis NV sustainability strategy.

Bianca is a Member of the Advisory Panel of the Capitals Coalition, Member of the Value Commission, Member of Strategic Council of the International Water Association, Co-chair of the Foundation Board of Workplace Pride. As a triathlete she was a former member of Dutch Para-triathlon selection, guiding visually impaired triathletes.