Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
Edward Mharadzirwa
Senior Director of Finance and Operation
Marta Roxberg
Director of Development
Nitin Jain
Senior Director of Programs
Susan Shen
Regional Director for Asia
Charles Nhemachena
Regional Director for Africa
Richard Uku
Head of Partnerships Africa
Matthew McKinnon
Senior Advisor
Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez
Senior Advisor, Africa
Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications
Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Aramide Abe
Program Lead, Jobs for Youth & Entrepreneurship
Abraar Ahmad
Program Operations Officer
Nadege Amizero
Junior Program Officer, Food Security
Oluyede Ajayi
Global Lead, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Oluwabunmi Ajilore
Senior Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Tarif Ajjoub
Human Resources Business Partner
Amanda Archibong
Senior Partnerships Manager, Africa
Bright Asamoah
Finance Officer
Margret Azuma
Junior Program Officer, Climate Finance
Adam Bagyi
Senior Partnerships and External Affairs Officer
Naz Beykan
Senior Program Officer on Urban Resilience, Water & Urban
Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Manager
Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
Aiyana Caballero
Senior Communications Officer
Adele Cadario
Program Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow
Yuchen Chen
Development Officier
Andrea Contreras
Human Resources Officer
Jingjing Dai
Program Officer
Sara Diaz
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban
Julia Eichhorn
Research Analyst
Daniel Flores Corral
Research Analyst
Chaling’a Dennis
Project Controller
Niccolò Delporto
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Alexandra Hillesheim
Junior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation Africa
Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Operations Support Officer
Riadadh Hossain
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Shadiqul Islam
Finance Officer
Tanim Istiaque
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Rebecca Jalleh
Senior Legal Counsel
Priya Kanchan
Development Manager
Gökhan Karcı
Junior Human Resources Officer
Folake Kareem
Research Analyst
Julia Kazmierkiewicz
Operations Officer
Joseph Kirby
Procurement Officer
Beatriz Landeiro
Junior Program Officer, Food Security
Nayeli Lasheras Maas
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature – Based Solutions
Cedric Malaval
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Shahrin Mannan
Senior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Mutsa Masiyandima
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist
Vera Kibiro
Procurement Officer
Emma Mayhew
Junior Support Officer, Research for Impact
Talia Meeuwissen
Program Officer, Water & Urban
Edwina Mercer
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature -based Solutions
Kimwaga Mhando
Senior Program Officer, Agribusiness and private sector engagement
Chisala Mutale
Senior Procurement Officer
Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban
Grace Muinga
Gender Specialist
Leslie Müller
Sub-Grant Officer
Aikaterina Myserli
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
Mercy Nyambura
Senior Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Annabel Nyole
Junior Support Officer, Research for Impact
Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager
Kristian Panganiban
Senior Procurement Officer
Martin Perez
Junior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Oladimeji Oladele
Senior Program Officer, Upscaling Climate-Resilient Seeds
Lauren O’Neill
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Feisal Rahman
Senior Water Climate Adaptation Specialist
Md. Rezaur Rahman
Administrative Assistant
Silvi Razzaque
Operations Officer
Syed Sachal
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban
Merita Salihu
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-based Solutions
Anju Sharma
Lead, Locally Led Adaptation
Pauline Seppey
Senior Program Officer
David Sharrock
Speechwriter
Xun Sun
Senior Researcher
Nicholas Tandi
Senior Specialist, Urban Africa
Gül Tuçaltan
Manager, Research for Impact
Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Thematic Lead, Youth Leadership & Education
María José Vásquez
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Natured- Based Solutions
Mosleh Uddin
Senior Program Officer, Climate Finance, South Asia
Joep Verhagen
Global Lead, Water & Urban
Ciska Voncken
Principal Private Secretary to the CEO
Tom Wherry
Manager, Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation
Yuelin Wu
Senior Communications Officer
Selamawit Wubet
Global Lead, Climate Diplomacy