WeForest is a non-profit organisation

that restores and conserves forests at the landscape level – with the aim of maximising the impact of trees for People, Nature, and Climate.
values that inspire our work :
Passion
Collaboration
Integrity
Transparency
Excellence
Courage

To date, WeForest has...

Grown over
100 million trees

70 700 hectares
of forest under restoration and conservation

Improved the livelihoods of
86 000 families

WeForest Vision:

A world where communities and nature sustainably thrive together to stop global warming in our lifetime.

WeForest Mission:

To conserve and restore the ecological integrity of forests and landscapes, engaging communities to implement and deliver lasting environmental and social impacts. 

Our beginnings

Back in 2009, Bill Liao and Marie-Noelle Keijzer founded WeForest with a clear ambition: to stop global warming “in our lifetime, so our children don’t have to”.

For the first three years we were all volunteers, and every euro received went to grow trees. We grew organically: persuading other NGOs to plant for us, then hiring our first local foresters.

Today, WeForest is a team of more than 90 passionate professionals across the world, mostly based in our field offices in Zambia and Ethiopia as well as in our Brussels headquarters.

Our Team

Co-founder and CEO

Marie-Noëlle Keijzer

Fundraising, Partnerships and Communications

Director of Growth

Dave Bircher

Brand and Communications Lead

Audrey Reisdorffer

Carbon Finance Lead

Vitalija Lavreckyte

Philanthropy & Institutional Partnerships Lead

Marjorie Unal

Partnerships Dev. Manager

Liz Oates

Head of Marketing

George Clarke

corporate partnerships manager

Marine Hérisset

Corporate Sponsorships and Partnerships Coordinator

Gaetan Magrin

Impact Partnerships Manager

Gemma Bowcock

Digital Creative Content Associate

Hanna Claeson

Programmes & Operations

Global Programmes Director

Olivier Standaert

Head of Project Development

Natasha Watts

Projects Dev./Forestry Advisor

Marc Parren

Agroforestry Program Advisor

Corrie Mauldin

Livelihoods Program Manager

Claire Parfondry

Head of M&E and Research

Kenny Helsen

Research Partnership Coordinator

Rachel Cohen

Senior geospatial data scientist

Michelle Picoli

Lead Advisor

Cristina Yuri Vidal

M&E Manager

Stephanie de Ryckman

Geospatial Data Scientist

Valentin Louis

Carbon Project Technical Lead

Maria Fernanda Buitrago

Human Resources

HR Director

Anne-Laure Cordier

Executive Assistant/HR Officer

Alice Pirson

HR Assistant

Ambre Denolf

Finance & Administration

Chief Financial Officer

Hoai Pham ​

Finance & Admin Director

Michaël Tytgat​

Assistant Accountant

Laila El Abouti

Financial Project Controller

François Baganizi

Senior Finance Manager

Alicia Brigger

Brazil

Brazil Project Manager

Natalia Guerin

Ethiopia

Ethiopia Director

Aklilu Negussie Mekuria

Finance/Admin Manager

Anteneh Metiku Damte

Tigray Regional Manager

Yemane Gebru Hagos

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Tigray Finance & Admin Officer

Elsa Ayele Nigatu

Senior Livelihood Expert

Bahre Embaye

Forest Restoration Advisor

Simon Berhanu

Forestry Expert

Birhane Etay Reda

Forest Expert, Wof Washa

Hailemarkos Tilahun

Agroforestry/Natural Resources Expert

Tadele G. Tedla

Finance, Admin & Logistics Officer

Tinsae Taye

Project Assistant, Desa'a

Meles Weldeabrha

Data analyst/M&E specialist

Nesibu Yahya

Project Manager, Wof Washa

Asnake Atakure

Tigray Driver

Kinfe Gebresilasie

Tigray Driver

Kiflom Haftu Shiferaw

Driver / Logistic Assistance

Moges Tilahun

M&E Expert, Desa'a

Assefa Hadgot Tekle

Technical Assistant, Livelihoods

Hailemariam Hagos

Technical Assistant NRM and community mobilization

Hailay Arefe

Malawi

Country Director, Malawi

Mathews Tsirizeni

Agroforestry Extensionist

Aaron Chirwa

M&E Assistant

Jones Matemvu

Community Outreach Extensionist

Madalitso Salimu

Community Forest Manager

Richard Swirah

Finance & Admin Officer

Joana Makwete

Agroforestry Extensionist

Mirriam Moyo

Community Outreach Extensionist

Blessings Munyenyembe

Logistics, Admin and Office Assistant

Patrick Kalire Phiri

Agroforestry Extensionist

Dorothy Kanyika

Beekeeping & VFAs Management Extensionist

Gladys Mwanga

Senegal

Country Manager Senegal

Germaine Neyra

Biodiversity Expert, Ferlo

Omar Sall

Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

Thibaut Vandervelden

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Saliou Diop

Local Mobilization and Partnerships Officer

Harouna Sy

Tanzania

Partnership Manager and Technical advisor Coordinator

Sefia Jetha

MEL & Technical advisor

Leonard Lutalamila

Zambia

Zambia Director

Fainess Lumbwe

Muchinga Regional Manager

Dries Van de Loock

M&E Officer, Katanino

Hinji Mutondo

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Catherine Zulu

Project Manager, Mukungule

Rachel Ndabala

HR Manager, Zambia

Patricia F. Kampamba

M&E Officer, Copperbelt

Mulako Muimui

M&E Officer – Governance & Livelihoods

Enock Nyambe

Finance and Admin Manager

Deborah Munsanje

Community Extensionist

Carmen Malupande

Lead Community Officer

Sara Banda

Director of Operations

Diwell Siwakwi

Beekeepking Extensionist

Mike Cheeka

Senior Finance & Admin Officer

Lawrence Chilambe

Driver / Office assistant

Alex Mwape

Agriculture Extensionist

Estone Simachenya

Assistant Extensionist, Copperbelt

Innocent Kasanda

Project Manager, Katanino

Morton Shanzi

Conservation Officer Muchinga Province

Akeelah Mwale

Agriculture Extensionist, Muchinga Province

Besnart Banda

Operations Assistant

Lloyd Kantumoya

Nursery & Agroforestry Coordinator

Paul Mwale

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager

Gift Mazimba

Support Driver

Bruce Muyenu

Beekeeping Extentionist

Lawrence Moda

Organisational Development Specialist

Bornface Katite

Support Driver, Katanino

John Mwelwa

Finance & Admin Officer, Copperbelt

Wilson Chabala

Forest Extension Officer, Copperbelt

Jackson Mkandawire

Community Extension Officer, Muchinga

Rector Mimbululu

Forestry Extension Officer, Katanino

Paul Shanga

Agroforestry Expert

Bwalya Silwamba

Support Driver, Copperbelt

Brian Chilembo

Project Manager, Mpumba Community Conservation

Nyambe Kalaluka

Beekeeping Extensionist, Mukungule

Linegar Nkumbwa

Beekeeping Extensionist, Mukungule

Kakungu Mwenda

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Finance & Admin Officer, Muchinga

Bwalya Machacha

Project Manager, Copperbelt

Leah Banda

Driver, Mukungule

Trevor Musunka

WeForest HQ

Co-founder and Chairman

Bill Liao

Legal & Ethics Trustee

Soumaya Graine

Treasurer

Helena Michielsen

Science & Research Trustee

Laurent Durieux

WeForest Malawi

Chair

Malidadi Langa

Vice Chair

Olivier Standaert

Director

Mathews Tsirizeni

Director

Tiwonge I Mzumara-Gawa

WeForest Zambia

Chair

Dr. Tasila Banda

Vice Chair

Olivier Standaert

Treasurer

Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg

Director

Fainess Lumbwe

Partnership Trustee

Louise Quy

Legal Practitioners and pro bono Company Secretary to WeForest Zambia

AMW & Co.

Associate at ValueSelling

Bart van Eijck

Legal Practitioners and pro bono lawyers to WeForest HQ for Europe and the US

DLA Piper

Executive & Team Coach

Fons Feekes

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