Biography
Rembert Biemond is a cultural entrepreneur now based in Järna, Sweden. He is currently managing board member of the Vidarstiftelsen, board member of Kulturcentrum Järna and committed to facilitating the further development of Campus Järna.
Rembert, born 1958, grew up in the Netherlands, studied in Rotterdam and Groningen and graduated with an MSc In management & organization at the Federal University of Groningen.
Serving the cultural sphere Rembert has worked 10 years as coordinator of the youth section of the Goetheanum and later CPO, CFO and managing director of the same organization, a large cultural center inspired out of anthroposophy near Basel Switzerland. He is co-founder and president of Culturescapes, an organization who puts up large Art Festivals featuring each year another country. In Järna Rembert has taken up this track with 12:12, an initiative to bring culture closer to daily life. Rembert has also a track record as project manager putting up exhibitions in the field of visual arts, currently See! Colour! In Sweden featuring amongst others the work of James Turrell.
Having a large interest in green and ethical banking and sustainable ways to handle money he worked for 16 years in board positions at the Gemeinschaftsbank in Basel Switzerland but also for cooperated closely with similar organizations like Triodos and GLS Gemeinschaftsbank as well as several other not-for-profit foundations
Seeking alternative ways to deal with real estate and ownership of land in a sustainable serving way Rembert acts on the board of the Edith Maryon Foundation.
As entrepreneur Rembert was co managing director of Unternehmen Mitte in Basel, a former bank turned grand café and social entrepreneurship-hub. He was also managing Director of Lehmann Natur and president of the supervisory board of Eosta, both pioneering wholesalers in the organic fruit and vegetable industry and among the largest in their field, As consultant he founded Biemond & Partners, Agents & consultants.
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