Our staff
Middle East
Istanbul, Türkiye (regional hub)
Quentin Levet
Regional Programme Director
Mert Canturk
Regional Programme Coordinator
Okan Altasli
Private Sector Coordinator
Gunsu Usanmaz
Business Development Officer
Artaki Bakar
Procurement Manager
Emre Usta
Regional Communications Coordinator
Nadim Madarati
Senior Regional Finance Officer
Ömer Ardan
Senior Regional Finance Officer
Samira Wiemers
Regional Programme Officer
Amman, Jordan
Murad Hamzeh
SME & Entrepreneurship Consultant
Nermin Begovic
Regional Specialist - Higher Education & Entrepreneurship
Ibrahim Banat
Regional Communications Coordinator
Hadeel Issa
Project Officer Entrepreneurship and MSME Development.
Nesren al-Soudi
Senior Programme Manager
Beirut, Lebanon
Jad Wehbe
Country Representative
Randa Awad
Senior Project Officer
Mohammed Mouawiya
Senior Project Officer
Silvana Ozeir
Finance Officer
Wael Kanj
Regional Communications Officer
Christine Nachar
Community Officer
Erbil & Mosul, Iraq
Arshed Ahmed
Country Representative
Saeed Kallas
Senior Project Officer
Yousif Naser
Senior Project Officer
Anjam Ibrahim
Senior Finance Officer
Danyal Habeeb
Communications Officer
Rebaz Ahmed Khuthur
M&E and Reporting Officer
Yousif Younis
Project Officer
Rawa Mohammed
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Ali Faisal Ali
Project Officer
Gaziantep, Türkiye
Halil Can Emre
Country Manager and Blended Learning Specialist
Abdurrahman Elseyyidahmad
Regional Finance Manager
Ahmad Albouchi Adi
Project Manager
Şafak Ceren
Senior Project Officer
Ola Enis
Senior Project Officer
Elif Hazal Pekdemir
Finance Officer
Samer Haffar
E-commerce and Entrepreneurship Specialist
Muhammad Khair Alhariri
Regional M&E and Reporting Officer
Şevin Bozkur
M&E and Reporting Officer
Peri (Rwaida) Gül
Project Officer
Mehmet Dogan
Senior Regional Finance Officer
Sami Omran
HR Business Partner
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
Dina Almasaeid
Deputy Regional Programme Director
Rasha Zaarour
Senior Project Officer
Ghazi Kamal
Project and M&E Officer
Yousef Hussain
Senior Finance Officer
North Africa
Tunis, Tunisia (regional hub)
Mourad Hentati
Regional Programme Director
Thomas Biotteau
Deputy Regional Programme Director
Abdelhak Souissi
Regional Programme Coordinator
Karim Mhiri
Programme Manager
Mariem Zantouti
Finance Officer
Sabrine Ksouri
Senior Finance Officer
Benghazi, Libya
Wael Elshibani
Country Manager
Aynur Hussein
Team Leader
Mussa Aleskandarani
Business Incubator Component Expert
Ibrahim Alsharif
Partnerships Capacity Manager
Kigali, Rwanda (regional hub)
Igor Kana
Project Manager
Candide Uwituze
Finance and Admin Officer
Oscar Nzayirambaho
Agribusiness Coach
Bujumbura, Burundi
Jesper de Wit
Country Manager
Yvanne Ingabire
Project Officer
Godefroid Nintunze
Project Coordinator Cibitoke & Bubanza
Vincent Bihimvyumuderi
Project Coordinator Rumonge
Samuel Ndayisaba
Finance Officer
Joseph Mahoro
Logistics Officer
Juba, South Sudan
Stephen Maxi Opwonya
Country Manager
Hargeysa, Somaliland
Hassan Gaadhhaye Mohamed
Senior Programme and M&E Officer
Moukhtar Mohamoud Mohumed
Senior Finance Officer
Other offices
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter de Ruiter
CEO
Yannick du Pont
Founder
Michel Richter
Director of Programmes
Ian Voges
Director of Finance
Simon van Melick
Head of Strategy
Meri de Campos
Programme & Learning Manager
Daniël Kuipers
Head of Staff
Sarah Page
Communications Manager
Hagar Ahmed
Digital Marketing Specialist
Nikolaos Koufos
M&E and Quality Assurance Manager
Anita Malpani
Data Management Officer
Mohammed Skaik
Regional Business Development Manager
Firas Deeb
Regional Programme Advisor
Muzhgan Mehr
Project Expert Afghanistan
Liesbeth Molenaar
Office Manager
Emily Carpenter
Communication Officer
Belgrade, Serbia
Verica Koraćević
Head of Acquisition
Dusan Radivojevic
Business Development Officer
Boris Bilek
Programme Developemnt Officer
Ivana Spasojević
Global Finance Manager
Radomirka Vuksanovic
Finance Officer
Jovana Denic Ristic
Finance Controller
Danijela Marjanovic
Office Manager
Dragana Bulatovic
General Ledger Accountant
Dragan Markovic
Accountant
London, UK
Colin Delmore
Senior Business Development Expert
Dubai, UAE
Hafsa Halawa
GCC Representative
Brussels, Belgium
Marina Bulatovic
EU Networking and Relations Building Office
Skopje, North Macedonia
Todor Panevski
Head of ICT
Igor Stanković
ICT Developer
Leonid Kodovski
ICT Developer