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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 DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board, Dubai;
Board member, Foundation Max van der Stoel, The Hague;
Board member, Littlebitz Foundation, The Hague;
Member of the advisory board, Centre for Theory of Change, New York.
Michel Richter

Director of Programmes

Next to his work at SPARK, Michel Richter also holds the following unpaid post:
Director, Stichting voor Bewaring van IGNITE Fund (unpaid).
Bilal Amin

Director of Finance

Supervisory Board

André Veneman

Chair

Corporate Director Sustainability at AkzoNobel (retired)
Tamar Schrofer

General member

Programme Coordinator Develop2Build, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Wassim Beaineh

General member

Manager International Cooperation, MENA, Wageningen University & Research

Co-Chair of the Advisory Board, Robert CARR Fund for Civil Society Networks
Fred de Vries

General member

Head of Internationalization Strategy, University of Twente and partner in Accent
Peter de Ruiter

General member

Former Tax Partner at PwC and Senior Counsel at NABC