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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

Peter de Ruiter

CEO
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).
Ian Voges

Director of Finance

Supervisory Board

André Veneman

Chair

Corporate Director Sustainability at AkzoNobel (retired)
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
Shireen Yacoub

General member

Managing Partner at Istidama Consulting; former CEO at Edraak
Fawad Shah

General member

Alphacomm
Lizette van der Kamp

General member

Senior Advisor International Development at Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)