PT (Priska) Prasetya MSc

Comprehensive background in business development and project management for circular economy in waste management and agri-food projects. Has 10 years of international public-private partnerships management across 10 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and being a liaison between cross-sectoral stakeholders (governments, private companies, NGOs, knowledge institutions). Have been gaining international experience from work and studies for the last 16 years. Entrepreneurial attitude with sustainability and digital business experience. Possess a strategic and business mindset towards understanding what the market needs.

Highlights:
- Business Developer Plant Sciences Group at Wageningen University & Research. Exploring scope of collaboration with external partners and developing new projects across the different fields within Plant Sciences Group: Agrosystems Research, Biointeractions & Plant Health, Biometris, Bioscience, Greenhouse Horticulture, Field Crops, and Plant Breeding. Also involved in the business development of Global Yield Gap Atlas, a global agronomic database platform containing data on yield gap of world’s key crops to private, public, and non-profit actors.
- Liaison Officer Artificial Intelligence for Health for the alliance between Wageningen University & Research, Eindhoven University of Technology, Utrecht University, and University Medical Center Utrecht.
- Led business development for circular economy innovation in sanitation and solid waste management in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania (e.g. utilising waste for production of bio-fertiliser)
- Project Manager of Securing Water for Food project 'Circular economy with black and greywater recycling for exotic vegetable cultivation in South India' by USAID, SIDA, and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Founder and Business Consultant at Shape of Green Business, a company that offered business coaching to early-stage start-ups in the field of agri, water and energy sectors for the Dutch startup visa application
- Worked at Safi Sana as a Wastewater Treatment Design Associate, supporting the design of wastewater treatment of the biogas production plant in Ghana
- Conducted a feasibility study on reusing wastewater from Pangasius ponds for irrigation of paddy fields as a climate adaptation measure in Mekong Delta, Vietnam