Joost Zuidberg

CEO - Cardano Development

Joost Zuidberg is the CEO of Cardano Development, an incubator and manager of innovative financial solutions that strengthen frontier and emerging markets. He has been involved since the organisation’s inception, initially as CEO of TCX Investment Management Company, founded in 2007. Since 2015, he has overseen the supervision and project management of all Cardano Development initiatives in their early phases.

Before leading TCX, Joost served as Director for Africa at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (2000–2007), and as Senior Vice President for Project Finance at ABN AMRO (1994–2000). In addition to his role at Cardano Development, he is Chairman of the Boards of Frontclear Management, GuarantCo Management, and BIX Capital, and he holds external board and investment committee positions across several specialised funds.