Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
Edward Mharadzirwa
Director of Finance and Operation
Marta Roxberg
Director of Development
Mike Girling
Director of External Affairs
Nitin Jain
Director of Programs
Susan Shen
Regional Director for Asia
Charles Nhemachena
Acting Regional Director for Africa
Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez
Senior Advisor, Africa
Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications
Shaikh Muhammed Mehedi Ahsan
Country Manager Bangladesh
Matthew McKinnon
Program Head, CVF
Abul Kalam Azad
Distinguished Fellow
Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Saleemul Huq
Senior Advisor, Locally-led Action
Seyni Nafo
Senior Advisor, Africa
Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Ian Noble
Senior Advisor
Aramide Abe
Program Lead, Jobs for Youth & Entrepreneurship
Abraar Ahmad
Program Operations Officer
Oluyede Ajayi
Global Lead, Food Security and Rural Well Being
Oluwabunmi Ajilore
Senior Program Officer, Food Security and Rural Well Being
Tarif Ajjoub
Human Resources Business Partner
Alphonse Akouyu
Program Officer, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Olivia Allen
Facilitator of Water Adaptation Community
Amanda Archibong
Senior Partnerships Manager, Africa
Adam Bagyi
Program Officer, International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC)
Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Officer
Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
Adele Cadario
Program Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow
Yuchen Chen
Executive Assistant
Christopher Chung
Senior Urban Specialist
Pierre Conille
Senior Officer, Digital Communications & Diplomacy
Andrea Contreras
Human Resources Officer
Jingjing Dai
Program Officer
Julia Eichhorn
Research Analyst
Daniel Flores Corral
Research Analyst
Niccolò Delporto
Junior Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Ysabella Goedhart
Junior Program Officer, Research for Impact
Alphonce Guzha
Senior Specialist, Water and Urban
Ali Haider
Senior Climate Finance Specialist
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
Nusrat Jahan
Administrative and Operations Officer, South Asia
Marijn Kallenberg
Junior Program Officer, Urban Africa
Priya Kanchan
Manager Grants and Donor Engagement
Folake Kareem
Research Analyst
Julia Kazmierkiewicz
Procurement Officer
Naureen Laila
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Shahrin Mannan
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Chisala Mutale
Senior Procurement Officer
Chinedu Moghalu
Senior Communication Advisor to the CEO
Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban
Grace Muinga
Gender Specialist
Rachel Mundilo
Senior Program Officer, CVF/V20
Sirazoom Munira
Program Officer, CVF/V20
Serah Nderitu
Senior Program Officer, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Celine Novenario
Senior Communications Manager
Mercy Nyambura
Senior Program Officer, Food Security
Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager
Feisal Rahman
Senior Water Climate Adaptation Specialist
Anju Sharma
Lead, Locally Led Adaptation
David Sharrock
Speechwriter
Aswin Stuivenberg
Research Analyst
Kassahun Suleman
Senior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Xun Sun
Senior Researcher
Nicholas Tandi
Senior Specialist, Urban Africa
Edith Tea
Junior Program Officer, Food Security and Rural Well Being
Gül Tuçaltan
Manager, Research for Impact
Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Thematic Lead, Youth Leadership and Education
María José Vásquez
Program Officer, CVF/V20
ANM Rafi Uddin
Controller
Mosleh Uddin
Senior Program Officer – Climate Finance, South Asia
Joep Verhagen
Program Lead, Water & Urban
Ciska Voncken
Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO
Tom Wherry
Principal Private Secretary to the CEO
Selamawit Wubet
Program Coordinator, CVF
Yuelin Wu
Digital Content Creator
Sussy Yunes
Office & Facility Support Officer
Amara Zongo
Research Fellow