Youssef Hanna
ARR Team at UpEnergy
Netherlands
Overview
Work Experience
Research and Business Development Fellow
2024 - Current
Supporting investor outreach, strategic partnership, and design aspects for innovative carbon projects, focusing on biochar and Article 6 initiatives. Conducting in-depth research on carbon market policies and frameworks, supporting proposal development, regulatory alignment, and strategy development.
Natural Capital Team
2024 - 2024
Postgrad team member supporting high-impact ecosystem restoration and conservation carbon projects and transactions in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Fellow
2023 - 2024
Associate
2023 - 2023
Focusing on investments in pre-seed startups building nature-positive and climate-resilient agrifood systems in Africa.
Climate Resilient Africa Fund are an impact fund looking for seed stage African entrepreneurs.
Senior Analyst
2022 - 2023
Focusing on agritech and climatetech across Africa and the Middle East.
Founder
2022 - 2022
Worked on developing alternative aquaculture protein solutions to address food insecurity, climate impacts and nature loss in the Middle East and Africa 1st place LBSxUCL Cleantech Challenge 1st place VentureLab North Pitch Competition 1st runner-up Cornell University Emerging Markets Startup Competition 1st runner-up LBS Launchpad Final Pitch Competition
2022 Cohort
2022 - 2022
One of 18 teams selected from 150 applicants to participate in LBS Launchpad's 2022 pre-accelerator cohort.
Researcher and Consultant
2021 - 2021
Developed online sales and marketing strategies for a leading Dutch beverage producer.
Project Management, Sales
2020 - 2020
Social Mentor, Operations Team
2018 - 2020
Helped support Human Rights Defenders from Egypt, Brazil and Nigeria on the Shelter City program. Responsibilities were project-based and ranged from creative, administrative and social leadership roles within Shelter City Groningen, all motivated by supporting defenders in their work. This included tasks creating YouTube content, producing an autobiographical documentary, organizing lectures and international conferences, helping Defenders with time management and public speaking skills and being a 'social mentor' to Defenders in Groningen.