ALICE DROOGHMANs
Strategic Advisor Growth, Sustainable Finance & EU Market Navigation
I help leadership teams and investors to translate the market changes driven by sustainable finance and corporate sustainability regulation into resilient, strategic growth and sustainable transformation — across Europe and beyond.
Our Philosophy
Vision
Markets are changing faster than most organisations are built to handle. Sustainability requirements and regulation are reshaping competitiveness. Investors and capital providers are increasingly aligning their decisions with sustainability criteria, and technology — especially AI — is changing how value gets created. Customer expectations and supply chains are shifting, and new partnership and ecosystem models are replacing traditional competitive boundaries. The question is no longer whether organisations need to transform, but how they become resilient enough to keep pace.
Mission
I work with leadership teams to structure and prioritise the choices that matter most, combining what they already know with the perspective I bring. I believe long-term value comes from understanding how markets, sustainable finance and investment, regulation and partnerships interact — not from reacting to each change in isolation. My role is to broaden that view and connect what is often treated as separate — and my work results in clearly defined projects and measurable outcomes, not activity or status reports.
Drooghmans International
Who is behind the company
Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance | Certified AI Manager | Advisory Board Member
Alice Drooghmans founded Drooghmans International in 2000.
“From international communications and market-launch projects in the 2000s to today’s strategic advisory work in sustainable growth and transformation — continuity and change have shaped my career in equal measure.”
For more than 25 years, I have supported companies, investors and public institutions in strategic decisions in an increasingly complex international environment. My judgement was shaped early — building international business during Russia’s transition to a market economy in the late 1990s, through stakeholder management as part of the century-defining introduction of the Euro, within the European Central Bank’s programme, and through my contribution to the DIN SPEC 90051-1 consortium, ‘Standard Sustainability Assessment of Start-Ups’, at the German DIN Institute. That path through diplomacy, international business development and strategic advisory shapes how I work: connecting business, sustainable finance, political and European market perspectives to identify growth opportunities, understand how they connect, and support sound decisions.
My commitment to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to the EU Green Deal as the regulatory framework for sustainable transformation.
A few examples from my work:
- Climate Forest (Germany/Canada) — Strategic preparation for customer and investor conversations at a climate-tech company.
- Cority (Germany/Canada) — Strategic advisor to the executive team on sustainable finance, reporting regulation and DACH market development.
- O3 Shift (Belgium) — Advisory Board member of an SDG real estate fund; portfolio alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Who We Work With
Companies expanding across Europe
Support with market entry, positioning and the partnerships needed for a successful expansion — whether entering from outside the EU, or moving into new markets within Europe, such as a company expanding from one European country into another.
Scale-ups in transformation-driven industries
Support with sustainable growth, market positioning and capital readiness — consistently viewed through a sustainable finance and impact investing lens, not classic financial modelling.
Investors, family offices and boards
Support in understanding transformation dynamics and long-term value, drawing on sustainable finance and impact investing data to inform investment and board-level decisions.
Strategic Engagements
My work is built on trusted strategic relationships rather than one-off projects, and it always starts from sustainable growth and sustainable transformation. Depending on what a leadership team, board or investor needs, this can take the form of:
Strategic Advisory Retainer
Strategic guidance within a clearly defined mandate, aligned to jointly agreed priorities.
Board & Advisory Board Roles
An independent, outside perspective on growth, sustainable transformation and long-term positioning.
European Market Navigation
Structured support for companies entering the European market or expanding their presence across Europe.
Ecosystem & Partnership Advisory
Building the strategic partnerships and ecosystems that accelerate growth.
Strategic Positioning & Capital Readiness
Selective Strategic Projects
Clearly defined, outcome-based projects that emerge from an advisory mandate.
News & Views
Selected commentary on sustainable growth, sustainable transformation and European market dynamics.
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Contact
If you’re navigating growth, transformation or European market expansion, I’d like to hear from you. Send a short introduction — who you are, and what’s prompting the conversation — and I’ll respond personally.