Laurent Vermer

Laurent Vermer

Laurent Vermer is a Partner at Kharis Capital and leads their Kharis Next Food Capital fund, which focuses on investments in the healthy food and beverage space.135 He is an experienced international investment executive and operator with specific expertise in consumer goods and the agroindustry.15

Prior to joining Kharis Capital in 2015, Laurent held several roles14:

• Investment Director at PE fund BeCapital
• M&A and sales management roles at Anheuser-Busch InBev
• M&A and Project Financing at Suez Energy in Brazil and Italy

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA from Solvay Business School. Laurent is fluent in Dutch, French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.1

Laurent is active in the INSEAD alumni network in Belgium, participating in events related to innovation in the food sector.6 He has also been featured as a speaker at the Future Food-Tech Summit in London.2