Our Team

With 80% of our staff based in project countries, our work is grounded in local expertise and community-led action.

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CO-Founder and CEO

Marie-Noëlle Keijzer

Fundraising, Partnerships and Communications

Philanthropy & Institutional Partnerships Lead

Marjorie Unal

Senior Manager, Corporate Engagement

Eliot Wuhrmann

Brand and Communications Lead

Audrey Reisdorffer

Carbon Finance Lead

Vitalija Lavreckyte

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

Programmes & Operations

Global Programmes Director

Olivier Standaert

Head of Project Development

Natasha Watts

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

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

Mercy Panyanja

Community Outreach Extensionist

Blessings Munyenyembe

Beekeeping & VFAs Management Extensionist

Gladys Mwanga

Agroforestry Extensionist

Dorothy Kanyika

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

Interim Country Representative

Ousmane Pam

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

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

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

General Assembly Members

WeForest

Bill Liao

WeForest

Marie-Noëlle Keijzer

Data Terra

Laurent Durieux

Chemonics International

Louise Quy

Perma-Projects

Olivier Lefebvre

Island Green Power

Chandni Ruparelia

Ponterra

Celia Francis

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