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