Alexander van der Touw

Chief Financial Officer | Driving Financial Strategy and Operations in technology scale-ups

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

About

I'm an accomplished financial leader with a diverse background in entrepreneurial settings, specializing in finance, investments, strategy, and transactions. My proven expertise lies in strategic finance, negotiations, and end-to-end management of finance functions. With a background in computer science, I bring a unique blend of strategic acumen and operational proficiency to drive financial success. Throughout my career, I've successfully led international teams through challenges, achieving exceptional growth, resolving distressed situations, and navigating complex transactions, including a successful exit to Meta. I am poised to excel as an executive, offering dynamic leadership during transformative phases. Thank you for visiting my profile, and I look forward to connecting with professionals who are passionate about finance, strategy, and transformative leadership.

Experience

  • Chief Financial Officer at THORIZON
    Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • CFO at Ioniqa Technologies
    Apr 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Ioniqa Technologies is part of the plastics solution, solving the global plastic waste problem. Our technology, which produces 75% less CO2 emissions compared to traditional oil-based plastic production, is able to make plastic more sustainable, endlessly upcycling it and enabling PET to become a greener material. Our technology reverts PET flakes, shredded plastic waste, back to its original monomer form, identical to the one produced from oil. This upcycled material can even be used for the production of food packaging. "A circular economy for plastics is possible if 74% of plastic is recycled." - World Economic Forum

  • Business Operations Manager at Meta
    Apr 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Chief Financial Officer at Luxexcel - 3D printed lenses
    Jun 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨 At Luxexcel we are transforming people’s lives by integrating Smart technology in 3D printed prescription lenses.

  • Manager Benelux - Access to Finance at EIT Digital
    Jan 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

    The Access to Finance program (A2F) is part of EIT Digital's Accelerator. We identify and select the best digital companies across EU and support them in our Accelerator to create European digital champions. With A2F we focus on syndication of fundraising rounds between 3-15 m€ for leading European high-growth digital companies. EIT Digital is a leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation. EIT Digital delivers breakthrough digital innovations to the market and breeds entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and improved quality of life in Europe. It does this by mobilising a pan-European ecosystem of almost 200 top European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities and research institutes.