Our Team
Experts and Staff
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Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
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Edward Mharadzirwa
Senior Director of Finance and Operation
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Marta Roxberg
Director of Development
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Nitin Jain
Senior Director of Programs
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Susan Shen
Regional Director for Asia
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Charles Nhemachena
Regional Director for Africa
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Richard Uku
Head of Advocacy, Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program/Director of External Affairs
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Matthew McKinnon
Senior Advisor
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Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez
Senior Advisor, Africa
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Jamal Saghir
Senior Advisor
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Alexandra Gee
Head of Communications
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Bruce Campbell
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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Aramide Abe
Program Lead, Jobs for Youth & Entrepreneurship
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Abraar Ahmad
Program Operations Officer
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Nadege Amizero
Junior Program Officer, Food Security
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Oluyede Ajayi
Global Lead, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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Oluwabunmi Ajilore
Senior Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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Tarif Ajjoub
Human Resources Business Partner
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Alphonse Akouyu
Program Officer, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship
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Amanda Archibong
Senior Partnerships Manager, Africa
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Bright Asamoah
Finance Officer
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Margret Azuma
Junior Program Officer, Climate Finance
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Adam Bagyi
Partnerships and External Affairs Officer
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Naz Beykan
Senior Program Officer on Urban Resilience, Water & Urban
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Motasin Billah
Internal Audit and Compliance Manager
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Floris Boogaard
Affiliated Researcher
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Adele Cadario
Program Lead, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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Javier Carmona Diaz
Fellow
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Yuchen Chen
Executive Assistant
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Andrea Contreras
Human Resources Officer
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Jingjing Dai
Program Officer
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Sara Diaz
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban
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Julia Eichhorn
Research Analyst
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Daniel Flores Corral
Research Analyst
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Chaling’a Dennis
Project Controller
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Niccolò Delporto
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
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Alexandra Hillesheim
Junior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation Africa
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Harriet Hopmans-Aisu
Senior Operations Support Officer
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Riadadh Hossain
Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
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Shadiqul Islam
Finance Officer
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Tanim Istiaque
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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Rebecca Jalleh
Senior Legal Counsel
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Priya Kanchan
Development Manager
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Gökhan Karcı
Junior Human Resources Officer
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Folake Kareem
Research Analyst
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Julia Kazmierkiewicz
Procurement Officer
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Joseph Kirby
Procurement Officer
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Nayeli Lasheras Maas
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature – Based Solutions
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Cedric Malaval
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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Shahrin Mannan
Senior Program Officer, Locally Led Adaptation
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Mutsa Masiyandima
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist
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Vera Maswage
Procurement Officer
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Talia Meeuwissen
Program Officer, Water & Urban
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Edwina Mercer
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature -based Solutions
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Kimwaga Mhando
Senior Program Officer, Agribusiness and private sector engagement
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Chisala Mutale
Senior Procurement Officer
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Arnoud Molenaar
Affiliated Lead Urban
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Grace Muinga
Gender Specialist
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Leslie Müller
Sub-Grant Officer
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Aikaterina Myserli
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
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Serah Nderitu
Senior Program Officer, Youth Jobs & Entrepreneurship
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Celine Novenario
Senior Communications Manager
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Mercy Nyambura
Senior Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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Menno Paauwe
Human Resources Manager
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Kristian Panganiban
Procurement Officer
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Martin Perez
Junior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
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Oladimeji Oladele
Senior Program Officer, Upscaling Climate-Resilient Seeds
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Lauren O’Neill
Program Officer, Youth Leadership
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Feisal Rahman
Senior Water Climate Adaptation Specialist
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Md. Rezaur Rahman
Administrative Assistant
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Silvi Razzaque
Operations Officer
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Syed Sachal
Junior Program Officer, Water & Urban
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Merita Salihu
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure & Nature-based Solutions
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Anju Sharma
Lead, Locally Led Adaptation
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Pauline Seppey
Senior Program Officer
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David Sharrock
Speechwriter
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Aswin Stuivenberg
Junior Program Officer
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Xun Sun
Senior Researcher
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Nicholas Tandi
Senior Specialist, Urban Africa
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Edith Tea
Program Officer, Food Security & Rural Well-being
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Gül Tuçaltan
Manager, Research for Impact
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Adriana Patricia
Valenzuela Jimenez
Thematic Lead, Youth Leadership & Education
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María José Vásquez
Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure and Natured- Based Solutions
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ANM Rafi Uddin
Controller
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Mosleh Uddin
Senior Program Officer, Climate Finance, South Asia
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Joep Verhagen
Global Lead, Water & Urban
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Ciska Voncken
Principal Private Secretary to the CEO
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Tom Wherry
Manager, Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation
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Yuelin Wu
Digital Content Creator
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Selamawit Wubet
Global Lead, Climate Diplomacy