Bio

Josef’s early career began in sport and music, but his passion for creating real impact led to a shift to the startup world. Prior to building Humble, Josef first moved to Southeast Asia in 2012, when he worked closely with global CEOs and government officials to promote investment into emerging markets. In 2017, he was appointed as managing director of Penbrothers, another impactful local startup building remote teams for tech businesses all over the world. Under his leadership, Penbrothers was named the fastest growing company in the Philippines for 3 years from 2019 to 2022. Josef then stepped away from Penbrothers to build Humble, the leading climate technology company in the Philippines, where he serves as co-founder and CEO. Humble is disrupting how businesses handle their IT equipment, preventing e-waste ending up in landfills and working closely with corporates and the government to help them achieve their ESG objectives. Humble was recently backed by Gobi, the Philippines government and ADB.