Our Team
Experts and Staff

Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer

Anthony Okon Nyong
Senior Director Africa

Jaehyang So
Director of Strategy

Edward Mharadzirwa
Director of Finance and Operation

Michiel Schaeffer
Chief Scientist

Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications

Mike Girling
Director of External Affairs

Fleur Wouterse
Director of Research

Aiping Chen
Regional Director, China

Ahmed Shamim Al Razi
Regional Director, South Asia (Interim)

Matthew McKinnon
Program Head, CVF

Abul Kalam Azad
Distinguished Fellow

Fiona Buruma
Senior Advisor, Finance and Operations

Saleemul Huq
Senior Advisor, Locally-led Action

Seyni Nafo
Senior Advisor, Africa

Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance

Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez
Senior Advisor, Africa

Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor

Ian Noble
Senior Advisor

Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being

Aramide Abe
Regional Program Manager, Youth Jobs and Entrepreneurship

Sara Ahmed
Senior Program Officer, V20

Oluyede Ajayi
Africa Program Lead, Food Security and Rural Well Being

Joshua Amponsem
Fellow

Camilo Andres Benitez Avila
Fellow

Amanda Archibong
Senior Programs Officer, AAAP

Eva Bik
Senior Officer, Strategy and Impact

Motasin Billah
Controller

Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher

Danilo Amaral Cançado
Program Officer

Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow

Sander Chan
Senior Researcher, Non-state Action

Pierre Conille
Senior Officer, Digital Communications & Diplomacy

Jingjing Dai
Program Officer

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni
Communications Officer

Julia Eichhorn
Research Analyst

Yasmina el Amine
Fellow

Daniel Flores Corral
Research Analyst

Aoife Fleming
Youth Leadership and Education Officer

Angus Friday
Senior Fellow

Réka Gugán
Special Assistant to the CEO

Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO

Nitin Jain
Global Program Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions

Ase Johannessen
Senior Program Officer, Water

Priya Kanchan
Senior Partnerships Specialist

Sunday Kilara
Procurement and Contract Officer

Vera Klöttschen
Program Officer

Shuaib Lwasa
Principal Researcher Governance

Hafiz Lawal
Regional Program Manager, Africa
Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions

Chinedu Moghalu
Senior Communications Specialist

Mishel Mohan
Research Analyst

Aran Mol
Data Scientist and Programmer

Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban

Kulthoum Motsumi
Fellow

Sirazoom Munira
Program Officer CVF/V20

Déthié Ndiaye
Regional Program Manager, Africa
Climate Finance

Celine Novenario
Digital Content Manager

Tannya Karin Pico Parra
Fellow

Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager

Louise Postema
Program Officer

Nilesh Prakash
Fellow

Sumiran Rastogi
Research Analyst

Lucia Scodanibbio
Fellow

Anju Sharma
Lead, Locally-led Adaptation

David Sharrock
Speechwriter

Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng
Fellow

Maria Tapia
Program Lead, Climate Finance

Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Thematic Lead, Youth Leadership and Education

María José Vásquez
Program Officer, CVF/V20

Joep Verhagen
Program Lead, Water & Urban

Selamawit Wubet
Program Coordinator, CVF

Yuelin Wu
Digital Content Creator

Codie Rossi
Program Assistant, CVF

Francesca Rappocciolo
Partnership and External Affairs Specialist