The People Powering the Transformation
At V5 Verde Equity, our team is made up of industry veterans, innovators, and global experts who bring deep experience across technology, investment, agriculture, climate-tech, and sustainable development. Together, we turn vision into execution — at scale.
Kristian Bennetsen
Kristian is a founder-led asset manager with over 19 years of investment experience and a strong track record in food-tech, ag-tech, aquaculture, and biomaterials. He has founded and scaled ventures including Roslin Technologies (UK), Hveiti Ingredients (DK), and JBI Equity (HK, SG, UK).
With deep industry roots in agribusiness, Kristian has partnered with top research institutions such as Wageningen, Aarhus, Stirling, and SLU, leading the commercialisation of cutting-edge ag-tech innovations. He has conducted due diligence on 250+ private companies and built a global network across the food and bioeconomy sectors.
Earlier, Kristian managed $1B in client assets at Emirates NBD Private Banking, and began his career as an equity analyst at Bloomberg in London. He holds an MBA in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham.
Monir Fulayfil
Monir brings over 25 years of institutional investment banking and asset management experience, focused on capital formation and industrial transformation in the Middle East. He has advised and managed portfolios for sovereign wealth funds, regional pension funds, and supra-national institutions, holding senior roles at BNP Paribas, Citi, and ABN AMRO, and overseeing $20B+ in assets.
He led landmark Sharia-compliant transactions with Mubadala, SABIC, and other major government entities, helping shape the region’s financial architecture through two decades of economic transition.
Following his institutional career, Monir launched entrepreneurial ventures and philanthropic initiatives focused on community development and sustainability.
As Chairman of V5EQ, he brings a global institutional network and strategic vision to back market-ready technologies, aligned with the 5th industrial transformation in biotech, food security, and sustainability.
