Our Team
Experts and Staff
Patrick Verkooijen
President & CEO
Edward Mharadzirwa
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Matthew McKinnon
Vice President of External Affairs & Policy
Nitin Jain
Senior Director of Programs
Susan Shen
Regional Director for Asia
Charles Nhemachena
Regional Director for Africa
Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications
Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Abraar Ahmad
Program Operations Officer
Nadege Amizero
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
Head of Protocol
George Beane
Senior Program Officer, Urban Resilience
Madison Berry
Junior Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
Naz Beykan
Senior Program Officer, Urban Resilience, Water & Urban
Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Manager
Taylor Black
Junior Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning (MEL)
Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
Antoine Brasset
Grants and Contracts Manager
Tanvir Rahman Chowdhury
Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Aiyana Caballero
Senior Communications Officer
Adele Cadario
Global Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow
Yuchen Chen
Development Officer
Daun Cheong
Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
Jingjing Dai
Sr. Operations Officer
Sara Diaz
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban
Julia Eichhorn
Junior Program Officer, Climate Finance
Daniel Flores Corral
Senior Officer, Research for Impact
Chaling’a Dennis
Project Controller
Gloria Gowal-Abiri
Specialist, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Alexandra Hillesheim
Junior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation Africa
Ibrahim Hood
Foreign & External Affairs Secretary
Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Operations Officer
Riadadh Hossain
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Abu Touhid Hossain
Junior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Jaabir Hussein
Senior Officer, Climate Analytics
Enxhi Hoxha
Junior Executive Assistant to the CEO
Shadiqul Islam
Finance Officer
Tanim Istiaque
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
Rebecca Jalleh
Senior Legal Counsel
Kamau Joseph
Knowledge & Communications Specialist: Locally Led Adaptation
Gökhan Karcı
Junior Human Resources Officer
Folake Kareem
Program Officer, Research for Impact
Julia Kazmierkiewicz
Operations Officer
Khushboo Khatra
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
Shirlyn Kimani
Junior Officer, Grant Management
Joseph Kirby
Procurement Officer
Tetiana de Kraker-Kostiana
Financial Controller
Nayeli Lasheras Maas
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature – Based Solutions
Gerald Leppert
Senior Economist, Climate Change Adaptation
Rita Lohani
Country Representative – Bangladesh
Cedric Malaval
Specialist, 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 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
Leslie Müller
Sub-Grant Officer
Aikaterina Myserli
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
Georgiana Neculoiu
Junior Officer, Grant Management
Mercy Nyambura
Senior Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
Annabel Nyole
Junior Officer, Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Aqeela Samat
Senior Program Officer, Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Anne-Laure Solnon
Specialist, Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
Anetta Oksiutycz-Munyawiri
Junior Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Oladimeji Oladele
Senior Program Officer, Upscaling Climate-Resilient Seeds
Lauren O’Neill
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
Victor Orindi
Specialist, Locally Led Adaptation
Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager
Kristian Panganiban
Senior Procurement Officer
Martin Perez
Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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
Advocacy & Communication Specialist
Xun Sun
Senior Researcher
Thu Minh Ta
Specialist: Climate Adaptation Finance
Alex Trowell
Program Officer, Water Resources Management
Gül Tuçaltan
Manager, Knowledge Partnerships
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
Yuelin Wu
Senior Communications Officer
Selamawit Wubet
Global Lead, Climate Diplomacy