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Yvette Go - Investment Manager, SET Venture Partners
Yvette is Investment Manager at SET Venture Partners B.V. Her focus is on companies
in the areas of biomass, biofuels, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency, hydrogen
and fuel cells. She serves on the Boards of O-Flexx Technologies GmbH and Photo-
Solar A/S.
Before joining SET Venture Partners, Yvette was the global Product Portfolio Manager of DSM Powder Coating
Resins. She has worked with DSM, the multinational in Life Sciences and Materials, for over 8 years,
during which she held various positions. As Key Account Manager for the Business Unit DSM Desotech,
active in fiber optic coatings, she managed the commercial and technical customer interface for the Unit’s
third largest global account, as well as mid-sized and smaller accounts in the Western European region.
Preceding that, she was responsible for the procurement of a diverse package of chemicals and raw materials,
ranging from bulk to highly specialized chemicals, as Senior Purchasing Officer at DSM’s central Purchasing
department.
In 2004, Yvette represented DSM on the Young Managers Team (Future Leaders Team) of the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development. There she led the sub-team that focused on capacity building
for and promotion of Sustainable Business in China.
She started her career at Shell International Chemicals in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, as Research Associate
for flexible polyurethanes. During the final years of her engineering studies, Yvette specialized in biotechnology
and polymer science. During her studies, Yvette was tutor for a subject called “Chemistry and
Society” where she instructed and supervised groups of students in their awareness pursuit of the societal
and environmental implications of chemical industrial activity.
Yvette holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Global Executive MBA program at IESE
Business School, Spain and a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands.
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