Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
Fiona Buruma
Director of Finance & Operations
Michiel Schaeffer
Chief Scientist
Jaehyang So
Senior Advisor & Director of Programs (Interim)
Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications
Mike Girling
Director of External Affairs
Aiping Chen
Regional Director, China
Ahmed Shamim Al Razi
Regional Director, South Asia (Interim)
Anthony Okon Nyong
Regional Director, Africa
Matthew McKinnon
Program Head CVF
Abul Kalam Azad
Distinguished Fellow
Saleemul Huq
Senior Advisor, Locally-led Action
Seyni Nafo
Senior Advisor, Africa
Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Ede Ijjasz
Senior Advisor, Africa
Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
Sara Ahmed
Senior Program Officer V20
Joshua Amponsem
Fellow
Camilo Andres Benitez Avila
Fellow
Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
Kevin Bulder
Project Manager Knowledge & Innovation
Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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
Karin de Vroom
Senior Officer Finance & HR
Gabriela Díaz Musmanni
Communications Officer
Yasmina el Amine
Fellow
Daniel Flores Corral
Research Trainee
Angus Friday
Senior Fellow
Réka Gugán
Special Assistant to the CEO & External Affairs
Satish Hathie
Finance & HR Officer
Pablo Andres Imbach
Principal Researcher Modelling
Daisy Jadi
Support Officer
Nitin Jain
Program Lead Nature-based Solutions
Vera Klöttschen
Program Officer
Kimberly Kuskan-Pronk
Support Officer
Sunny Lammers
Senior Executive Assistant CEO
Carina Larsfelten
Senior Advisor
Shuaib Lwasa
Principal Researcher Governance
Edward Mharadzirwa
Controller
Claude Migisha Kalisa
Senior Program Officer
Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban
Kulthoum Motsumi
Fellow
Sirazoom Munira
Program Officer CVF/V20
Déthié Ndiaye
Regional Program Manager Africa
Climate Finance
Ian Noble
Senior Advisor
Celine Novenario
Senior Digital Content Officer
Tannya Karin Pico Parra
Fellow
Louise Postema
Program Officer
Nilesh Prakash
Fellow
Sumiran Rastogi
Research Analyst
Helena Rico Vasco da Silva
Knowledge & Education Coordinator
Lucia Scodanibbio
Fellow
Yue Song
Program Officer
Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng
Fellow
Zhoujun Tang
Program Officer
Maria Tapia
Program Lead Climate Finance
Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Program Lead Youth Leadership
Jasmina van Driel
Program Officer
María José Vásquez
Program Officer CVF/V20
Joep Verhagen
Program Lead Water & Urban
Fleur Wouterse
Principal Researcher Climate Change Economics
Selamawit Wubet
Program Coordinator CVF