Biography

Ben Black has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2025. He currently also serves as a member of the Executive Leadership team of Verlinvest and sits on Verlinvest’s Investment Committee and Management Committee as well as the Investment Committee of Verlinvest’s Venture arm, V3 Ventures. Mr. Black joined Verlinvest in early 2016 after a career in corporate finance and he is responsible for Verlinvest’s global FMCG practice, London office and European Growth investment activities. He has also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Tony’s Chocolonely since March 2020, as a Board Observer of Who Gives A Crap since September 2021 and as the chairperson of the board of directors of The Climbing Hangar since October 2024. Mr. Black served as a member of the board of directors of Genius Foods from March 2019 to June 2022. He holds a first class BA degree in History from King’s College London.