Benjamin Firmenich on the Intersection of Legacy, Purpose and Impact

Benjamin has 13 years’ experience in impact investing. His firm, Impact Finance, has disbursed, since October 2011, $360 million in high impact food value chains. Benjamin is head of impact and is a member of the investment committee. He developed Kharmax Impact Monitoring System, the company’s proprietary tool to enable portfolio companies to report on impact. Benjamin serves on the board of Stellar Impact, the private equity impact investing arm of a Belgian family and is member of the jury of IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award. Following the merger of his family business Firmenich with the Dutch listed company DSM in 2023, Benjamin, together with his brother Julien and sister Yasmine have created Anaïs Ventures, a new family business taking the shape of an investment firm based on 4 values: Independence, Impact, Familiness and Excellence. He lives in Geneva with his wife and two kids and enjoys sailing, skiing and improv.