Home Management

Our management

Back to about

Organisation

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their conflict-affected societies into prosperity.

SPARK is made up of a Supervisory Board, Board of Directors and a Board of Recommendation. The Board of Directors sets policy, develops organisational planning and is responsible for developing codes for good governance.

Board of Directors

Yannick Du Pont

Director

Next to his work at SPARK, Yannick du Pont also holds the following unpaid posts: Member of the Advisory Board, The Center for Theory of Change Member of the Board, Foundation Max van der Stoel Member of the Steering Committee, Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law (for more information).
Michel Richter

Director of Programmes

Next to his work at SPARK, Michel Richter also holds the following unpaid post: Director, Stichting tot Bewaring van Ignite Fund.
Esther Bosgra

Director of Operations
Bilal Amin

Director of Finance

Supervisory Board

Hans Huijgens

Chairman

Managing Partner Tellinq, The Netherlands
Tamar Schrofer

General member

Programme coordinator Develop2Build, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
André Veneman

General member

Corporate Director Sustainability at AkzoNobel
Wassim Beaineh

General member

Manager International Cooperation, MENA, Wageningen University & Research

Member of the Advisory Board, PAP, Robert CARR Fund for Civil Society Networks
Fred de Vries

General member

Head of Internationalization Strategy, University of Twente

Digital Social Development Program Lead, African Higher Education, The MathWorks

Note: None of SPARK’s Supervisory Board members has any relevant additional occupations next to their roles on SPARK’s Supervisory Board.