Lucas Simons

Lucas Simons is founder and CEO of two companies committed and leading in sustainable market transformation. NewForesight Consultancy (est 2008) is a strategic consultancy firm, concept developer and maket change facilitator.SCOPEinsight (est 2010) is a global assessment and rating company of Producer Organizations (PO's) in emerging economies to structurally bridge the agri finance gap. In 2011 Simons was honoured as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his commitment and accomplishments in the field of sustainable trade, agriculture and rural development. In 2013 he became the second Dutch Ashoka Fellow ever for his pioneering role as social entrepreneur and change maker. For three consecutive years Simons has been ranked in the top 100 of most influential Dutch persons in Sustainable Development.