Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
Edward Mharadzirwa
Director of Finance and Operation
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
Pascal Deleu
Head, Human Resources
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
Senior Advisor, Africa
Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
Aramide Abe
Regional Program Manager, Youth Jobs and Entrepreneurship
Sara Ahmed
Senior Program Officer V20
Joshua Amponsem
Fellow
Camilo Andres Benitez Avila
Fellow
Amanda Archibong
Engagement Consultant
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
Assistant Officer
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 Officer
Satish Hathie
Finance & HR Officer
Pablo Andres Imbach
Principal Researcher Modelling
Daisy Jadi
Support Officer
Nitin Jain
Global Program Lead for Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
Ase Johannessen
Program Officer Water
Vera Klöttschen
Program Officer
Kimberly Kuskan-Pronk
Support Officer
Sunny Lammers
Senior Executive Assistant CEO
Shuaib Lwasa
Principal Researcher Governance
Claude Migisha Kalisa
Senior Program Officer
Hafiz Lawal
Regional Program Manager Africa
Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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
Thematic Lead -Youth Leadership and Education
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