JULES KORTENHORST
Chief Executive Officer
European Climate Foundation

Jules Kortenhorst is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in Europe focused on influencing government policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Before joining the European Climate Foundation, he served as a member of the Dutch parliament for the Christian Democratic Party, CDA. In parliament, he was his party’s spokesman on matters relating to taxation and innovation. He also served on the parliament’s Foreign Affairs and European Affairs committees.


Earlier, Kortenhorst was the CEO for International Operations of ClientLogic Corporation, a global leader in outsourced Customer Relationship Management solutions. He assumed this role following the consolidation of ClientLogic and Cordena Call Management, which company he founded in 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Kortenhorst also worked as the COO of Staff Leasing, an HR outsourcing company in the USA. Earlier in his career, Kortenhorst worked for eight years for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in several roles and countries, and in his last position was the Managing Director of Shell Bulgaria.  Kortenhorst graduated as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School and holds a master's degree in economics from Erasmus University in The Netherlands. He began his career as an analyst at McKinsey & Co. in Amsterdam. Mr. Kortenhorst is married and has four children.