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The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Design and supervise the delivery of advisory support provided to grantees, including inclusive innovation, gender equality & women empowerment, and environmental integration.• Design and coordinate IAP’s monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE) work, including the development and continuous enhancement of frameworks, systems, and tools.• Quality assurance of the fund application process, procedures, tools, and communication materials.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Succesfully coordinated prospect development of 15+ opportunities between €0.5-5m, among them grants/tenders awarded by The World Bank, EnDev, Sida, EC, IFC, and NDF;For example, successfully coordinated prospect development and capture planning of a €4.5m Fund Management contract under the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP), which includes a Results-Based Financing (RBF) facility of $17m and a debt facility of $30m.• Built links between SNV global and national level by coordinating prospect teams;• Supported the development of technical (incl. staff recruitment) and financial proposals;• Tracked and assessed opportunities from the energy, agriculture, and the WASH sector;• Interim Market Development Manager Energy role (Jan. – Apr. 2018) on pipeline tracking of global Energy portfolio.

Kigali City, Rwanda

- Market introduction pilot coordinated of biogas-powered milk chillers at smallholder dairy farms in Kenya and Tanzania (Nov 2016 - Mar 2017).- Private sector scan conducted of biogas enterprises across the Greater Mekong Subregion to design results-based financing for biogas market development in Cambodia (Nov - Dec 2016).- Market for off-grid milk cooling at smallholder farms across Rwanda assessed, including stakeholder mapping and end-user surveys (Aug - Oct 2016).

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Evaluated funding opportunities and applied for subsidies and grants. Designed business plan for new business development, reported to clients and developed a marketing strategy for a technological innovation.

Tanzania, Kenya, And Zambia

Managed a multi-country (Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia), multi-sector (dairy and biogas), multi-partner (SimGas, BoPInc, and Mueller) and multi-donor project (EEP7 and OFID). I facilitated the development of a biogas-powered milk chiller for smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa by conducting market assessments, engaging local stakeholders, and developing a business plan and market implementation strategy. In addition, I provided four months support to the technical lead in preparing a grant application for OFID and a tender application for EEP7. Both proposals were accepted.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Companies are more and more creating additional value by developing profitable business strategies that deliver environmental benefits. EcoReview empowers businesses to solve environmental problems by identifying opportunities for optimisation and creating competitive advantage through measurement of sustainability in the supply chain. The resulting data and insights enable companies to evaluate their environmental initiatives, while also providing an indispensable basis for effective communication. EcoReview has a track record in life cycle assessment research on innovative and secondary building materials and bio-based products.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Project planning, execution, and management. Support to Ford’s sustainability strategy bydeveloping an environmental database on natural fibres and recycled polymers. Life cycleassessment (LCA) research conducted in Tanzania on the value chain of sisal fibre production.

Leiden

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Graduate research on the provision of improved energy services for remote communities in Sierra Leone by means of photovoltaic (PV) systems. Research involved a techno-economic feasibility assessment, in which PV technology was tailored to meet the actual needs of local communities.

Heidelberg Area, Germany

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation tool developed for geothermal power and photovoltaic (PV) sectorin Germany, used to formulate policy adaptations for the Progress Report 2011 of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, abbreviated as EEG) that reduces GHG emissions.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Position: Project assistant at Beldezon, which is the PV system sales department of Ecostream. Objective: Configuration of quotation applications for domestic PV systems and the advice to the customer.

Introducing people in the world of gem stones, jewelry and minerals as a store employee and tourist guide.

Delft

Mentor for first year students of BSc (Sustainable) Molecular Science & Technology.

Leiden

Environmental impact quantified of combined heat and power (CHP) generation from straw in The Netherlands, by developing a bioenergy CO2 calculation tool.

Msc, Energy Science

Energy Science studies the issue of energy and sustainable development from the perspectives of natural science, technology, economics.

Bsc, Sustainable Molecular Science & Technology

Applied chemical technology and organic chemistry. Focus on sustainability in a multi-disciplinary context, with research on technological.

Bsc, Sustainable Molecular Science & Technology

Applied chemical technology and organic chemistry. Focus on sustainability in a multi-disciplinary context, with research on technological.