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

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

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

Madison Berry
Junior Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)

Naz Beykan
Senior Program Officer on Urban Resilience, Water & Urban

Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Manager

Taylor Black
Junior Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning (MEL)

Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher

Tanvir Rahman Chowdhury
Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions

Aiyana Caballero
Senior Communications Officer

Adele Cadario
Program Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions

Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow

Yuchen Chen
Development Officer

Andrea Contreras
Human Resources Officer

Jingjing Dai
Sr. Operations Officer

Sara Diaz
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban

Julia Eichhorn
Research Analyst

Daniel Flores Corral
Senior Research Analyst

Chaling’a Dennis
Project Controller

Gloria Gowal-Abiri
Specialist, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship

Alexandra Hillesheim
Junior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation Africa

Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Operations Support 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

Gökhan Karcı
Junior Human Resources Officer

Folake Kareem
Research Analyst

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

Beatriz Landeiro
Junior Program Officer, Food Security

Nayeli Lasheras Maas
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature – Based Solutions

Gerald Leppert
Senior Economist, Climate Change Adaptation

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

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 Support Officer, Research for Impact

Victor Orindi
Specialist, Locally Led Adaptation

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
Advocacy & Communication Specialist

Xun Sun
Senior Researcher

Nicholas Tandi
Senior Specialist, Urban Africa

Alex Trowell
Program Officer, Water Resources Management

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

Yuelin Wu
Senior Communications Officer

Selamawit Wubet
Global Lead, Climate Diplomacy