Meet our team
We’re a mixed bunch here at Akvo, and our diversity is key to our success. The team is made up of over 100 bright minds and passionate hearts, from software developers to monitoring and evaluation specialists; from data scientists to water quality experts.
A thorough understanding of local context is key in providing partners with the best possible support. That’s why we have regional hubs on five continents to provide local knowledge and expertise to our partners. The rest of our team work remotely from places like Sweden, Bangladesh, Colombia, Spain, Australia, the United Kingdom, Nepal and Uganda.
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Get to know us
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Jeroen van der Sommen
Co-founder & director, Amsterdam
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Peter van der Linde
Co-founder & solutions director, Amsterdam
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Kathelyne van den Berg
Chief financial officer & director, Amsterdam
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Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson
Co-founder & senior advisor, Stockholm
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Daniel Sunnerek
Developer, Gothenburg
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Linda Leunissen
Art director, London
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Loïc Sans
Design & user interface lead, Helsinki
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Charlotte Soedjak
Medior expert PMEL, Amsterdam
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Emeline Bereziat
Programme manager, West Africa
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Phylis Gichuru Webi
Finance, HR & office manager, Nairobi
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Francis Warui
Project manager, Nairobi
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Hans Merton
Director of operations, Amsterdam
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Joy Ghosh
Senior data services expert, Denpasar
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Isha Parihar
Project officer, Delhi
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Rajashi Mukherjee
Senior planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) expert, Kolkata
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Iván Perdomo
Developer, Pamplona
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Andrew Molo
Medior data expert, Nairobi
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Emmanuel Mulo
Developer, Barcelona
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Jigmy Lama
Project manager, Kathmandu
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Lars Heemskerk
Data services expert, Amsterdam
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Abdoulaye Semdé
Burkina Faso hub manager, Ouagadougou
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Jana Gombitova
Product manager, Amsterdam
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Kiarii Ngua
Interaction designer, Helsinki
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Geert Soet
Data services expert, Amsterdam
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Annabelle Poelert
PMEL expert, Amsterdam
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Banzoumana Coulibaly
Project manager, Bamako
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Cica Sumiasih
Office manager, Denpasar
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Ayan Biswas
East Africa hub manager, Nairobi
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Werner Coombe
Senior finance manager, Amsterdam
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Maaike van der Velden
Talent growth & HR manager, Amsterdam
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Ingrid Budil
Office manager, Amsterdam
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Anita van der Laan
Global team manager, Amsterdam
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Ima Puspita Sari
Project manager, Denpasar
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Samuel Thomas
Developer, Delhi
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Harro Riedstra
Programme manager, Amsterdam
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Olivia Mary Nalweyiso
Programme manager, Nairobi
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Rabdo Abdoulaye
Project manager, Ouagadougou
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Birama Sangaré
Project officer, Bamako
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Wendemi Ilboudo
Finance and HR administrator, Ouagadougou
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Puneeth Chaganti
Developer, Bangalore
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Valeria Rogatchevskikh
Developer, Barcelona
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Karmath Subedi
Project officer, Kathmandu
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Walter van Opzeeland
Mali hub manager, Bamako
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Anthony Gonzalez
PMEL data solution expert, Amsterdam
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Georgia Walker
Communications manager, Amsterdam
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Daniel Lebrero
Developer, Zaragoza
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Ilyasse Kabore
Data services expert, Ouagadougou
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Andreas Jonsson
Computer consultant, Skellefteå
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Eric Siegel
Project officer, Bogotá
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Deden Bangkit
Data services expert, Denpasar
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Juan Antonio Ruz Velasco
Developer, Sevilla
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Mert Blommestijn
Project officer, Amsterdam
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Irene Westra
Medior Data Expert, Nairobi
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Martin Christov
Developer, Sofia
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Carmen Wolvius
Data services expert, Amsterdam
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Florent Bobakebe Some
Programme manager, Ouagadougou
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Franky Li
Programme manager, Amsterdam
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Karen Blanken
HR officer, Amsterdam
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Boroma Tidiane Olivier Sanou
Project officer, Ouagadougou
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Mercy Makena
Project manager PMEL, Nairobi
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Jesee W. Kinyanjui
Programme manager, Nairobi
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Ousmane Sanogo
Programme manager, Bamako
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Nisa Rachmatika
Project officer, Denpasar
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Jildemarie Brouwer
Project officer, Amsterdam
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Tessa Laan
Senior PMEL advisor, Amsterdam
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Mariame Diabate
Admin and communications assistant, Bamako
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Malado Bayoko
Project assistant, Bamako
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Fatiman Alher
Project officer, Ouagadougou
Impact areas
We apply the principles of open source software, open content and open data to all of our work.
Find out why and how.