Jos van der Sterren is an  International economist with senior experience in tourism destination management, teaching and training, academics and development finance. Senior researcher and lecturer at Breda University. He combines academic work with international project and consultancy assignments in the field of development cooperation, tourism destination management strategies, SME fund management, development finance, SMEs and value chain development.

Currently, he is the CEO of CELTH, previously he was program director at Breda University of the Research and Graduate School and Dean of its Academy for Tourism. He was teamlead consultant to East African Development Bank and fund manager of a credit facility to MSMEs in developing economies. Also he was CEO of Social Microfinance Foundation, addressing client exploitation and overindebtedness.