Inès Mertens

Inès Mertens

Impact Investing Market Development Lead
Impact Europe

Inès is an impact investment professional with 20+ years-experience in impact investing, M&A, due diligence and valuations. She worked as Sourcing and Investment Manager at the impact fund Inventures Investment Partners. Previously, she lived in California where she gained extensive experience in business valuation working with early-stage companies. She started her career at Deloitte Corporate Finance and was involved in acquisition processes, valuations and financial due diligence assignments of private and public companies. 

She co-founded the Belgian chapter of Level20 promoting diversity within the Private Equity industry and was board observer at Solifin, a Belgian impact network. She also served as mentor and jury member seats in several start-up awards. 

She holds a Business Master’s degree from the Louvain School of Management and got certified as Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) in California. In 2021, she gained a certification from the Circular Economy Masterclass (designed by Ellen McArthur Foundation) at Exeter's University.

Works on: