Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
President & CEO
Edward Mharadzirwa
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Matthew McKinnon
Vice President of External Affairs & Policy
Nitin Jain
Senior Director of Programs
Charles Nhemachena
Regional Director for Africa
Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Abraar Ahmad
Program Operations Officer
Nadege Amizero
Program Officer, Food Security
Oluyede Ajayi
Global Lead, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Oluwabunmi Ajilore
Food Security Specialist, Food Security & Rural Well-being
George Beane
Senior Program Officer, Urban Resilience
Madison Berry
Junior Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Manager
Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
Antoine Brasset
Grants and Partnerships Manager
Tanvir Rahman Chowdhury
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Adele Cadario
Global Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Yuchen Chen
Development Officer
Daun Cheong
Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
Jingjing Dai
Sr. Operations Officer
Daniel Flores Corral
Senior Officer, Research for Impact
Chaling’a Dennis
Project Controller
(Florentina) Daniela Gheorghe
Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptation Finance
Ibrahim Hood
Foreign & External Affairs Secretary
Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Operations Officer
Riadadh Hossain
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Abu Touhid Hossain
Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Enxhi Hoxha
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Shadiqul Islam
Finance Officer
Kamau Joseph
Knowledge & Communications Specialist: Locally Led Adaptation
Folake Kareem
Program Officer, Research for Impact
Julia Kazmierkiewicz
Operations Officer
Khushboo Khatra
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Joseph Kirby
Procurement Officer
Nayeli Lasheras Maas
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature – Based Solutions
Jip van Leemput
Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Gerald Leppert
Senior Economist, Climate Change Adaptation
Rita Lohani
Country Representative – Bangladesh
Cedric Malaval
Senior Specialist, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Vera Kibiro
Procurement Officer
Edwina Mercer
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature -based Solutions
Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban
Leslie Müller
Sub-Grant Officer
Hans Muzoora
Specialist, Climate Adaptation Finance
Aikaterina Myserli
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
Aqeela Samat
Senior Program Officer, Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Anne-Laure Solnon
Senior Specialist, Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
Lauren O’Neill
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Victor Orindi
Specialist, Locally Led Adaptation
Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager
Kristian Panganiban
Senior Procurement Officer
Martin Perez
Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Feisal Rahman
Senior Water Climate Adaptation Specialist
Md. Rezaur Rahman
Administrative Assistant
Silvi Razzaque
Operations Officer
Merita Salihu
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-based Solutions
Pauline Seppey
Senior Program Officer
Thu Minh Ta
Specialist: Climate Adaptation Finance
Alex Trowell
Program Officer, Water Resources Management
Gül Tuçaltan
Manager, Knowledge Partnerships
Samuel Tumwesigye
Specialist, Food Security
Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Thematic Lead, Youth Leadership & Education
María José Vásquez
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature- Based Solutions
M. Mosleh Uddin
Senior Program Officer, Climate Finance, South Asia
Joep Verhagen
Global Lead, Water & Urban
Ciska Voncken
Manager of the President’s Office
Selamawit Wubet
Global Lead, Climate Diplomacy