Our Team


Welcome to Advance. Here we work on creating a world in balance. A world in which all people can lead fulfilling lives while our planet flourishes. Not easy. Very necessary. 

That is why we drive impact through private sector development. We create and nurture the ecosystems in which businesses can sharpen their purpose, improve their plans, fund their actions  

and get the support they need in delivering sustainable positive change. We provide an environment that challenges the status quo, boosts new ideas and connects the dots between people and organisations.

We trust together we can create the impact we all need. Work with us. Let’s advance.



Netherlands (Ede)

Kasper Kerver

Business Consultant

Kasper is a business consultant working in the agricultural sector since 2006. He provides training and coaching for SMEs on business planning with a focus on (export) marketing, supply chain management, and certification. Through his support to companies, he aims to transform the communities around them and drive local economic development. His objective and straightforward advice to value chain partners on the mutual benefits of long-term collaboration creates trust that forms the basis for strong partnerships. Kasper has an academic background in Human Geography for which he obtained a Master’s degree. He specialized in Development Geography and gained his experience in Private Sector Development through projects for trade promotion organizations, development organizations, NGOs, and individual companies. He supported many companies with their business development and accessing international markets by identifying market opportunities, developing Value Propositions, strengthening their business management, and guiding them to partners

David Milne

Business Consultant

David has been working in the energy and environment sector for over 5 years, with both public and private organisations. He has spent 3 years in Sub-Saharan Africa working on project finance and capital raising in the renewable energy sector for impact funds and project developers. Amongst others he has worked on solar, wind, waste-to-energy, biomass, green hydrogen, and off-grid projects. He holds an MSc in Energy Science and a BSc in Geology, both from Utrecht University.