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Hubertus van der Vaart

 

 

 

After serving as SEAF's legal counsel from its foundation in 1989 as the CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation (CARESBAC), Mr. van der Vaart joined SEAF on a full-time basis in 1994 as Director-General of CARESBAC-Polska, SEAF's first investment company, which grew during his tenure to a total capital under management of $15.9 million. While serving as Director-General of CARESBAC-Polska from August 1994 until May 1997, Mr. van der Vaart led the completion of 27 small business investments. Mr. van der Vaart then returned to Washington, DC and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEAF ever since. Since his time there, SEAF has increased the capital under its management by more than five times, to a total of more than $280 million, has made more than 235 investments and achieved more than 125 exits. Mr. van der Vaart has spoken on SMEs and development to a number of conferences and universities, including those organized by IFC, World Bank, Harvard University, Wharton, the OECD, the Government of Norway, the Brooklyn Bridge Triple Bottom Line Investors' Conference, India Soft and SIDBI.

Prior to his full-time engagement by SEAF, from 1984 through 1994, Mr. van der Vaart was a Partner and Associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C, and Brussels Belgium, where he specialized in corporate law, primarily with respect to corporate financings and mergers and acquisitions for such companies as Hilton, Vortech, Waverly Publishing, General Dynamics, Investcorp, Fleetwood, Kellogg's, Honda Motors, Westinghouse and Monsanto. From 1983 through 1984, he was a management consultant with Bain & Company in London and Munich. Mr. van der Vaart has practiced law in Washington, Brussels, Paris, New York, and Frankfurt. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he also studied finance at Yale School of Management; a B.A. in Politics and Economics and a M. Phil. in Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar. Mr. van der Vaart speaks English, Dutch, German and French.

 

 
 

 

Hubertus van der Vaart

After serving as SEAF's legal counsel from its foundation in 1989 as the CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation (CARESBAC), Mr. van der Vaart joined SEAF on a full-time basis in 1994 as Director-General of CARESBAC-Polska, SEAF's first investment company, which grew during his tenure to a total capital under management of $15.9 million. While serving as Director-General of CARESBAC-Polska from August 1994 until May 1997, Mr. van der Vaart led the completion of 27 small business investments. Mr. van der Vaart then returned to Washington, DC and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEAF ever since. Since his time there, SEAF has increased the capital under its management by more than five times, to a total of more than $280 million, has made more than 235 investments and achieved more than 125 exits. Mr. van der Vaart has spoken on SMEs and development to a number of conferences and universities, including those organized by IFC, World Bank, Harvard University, Wharton, the OECD, the Government of Norway, the Brooklyn Bridge Triple Bottom Line Investors' Conference, India Soft and SIDBI.

Prior to his full-time engagement by SEAF, from 1984 through 1994, Mr. van der Vaart was a Partner and Associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C, and Brussels Belgium, where he specialized in corporate law, primarily with respect to corporate financings and mergers and acquisitions for such companies as Hilton, Vortech, Waverly Publishing, General Dynamics, Investcorp, Fleetwood, Kellogg's, Honda Motors, Westinghouse and Monsanto. From 1983 through 1984, he was a management consultant with Bain & Company in London and Munich. Mr. van der Vaart has practiced law in Washington, Brussels, Paris, New York, and Frankfurt. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he also studied finance at Yale School of Management; a B.A. in Politics and Economics and a M. Phil. in Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar. Mr. van der Vaart speaks English, Dutch, German and French.
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