Cash2Grow promoot spaarkringen voor mensen met een krappe beurs. Een spaarkring is een zelfhulpgroep waarin de leden elkaar regelmatig ontmoeten om gezamelijk te sparen. Onderlinge steun, tips en ervaringen van anderen helpen om financiële problemen te voorkomen of ze aan te pakken voordat ze te groot worden. Daarnaast hebben spaarkringen een sociale functie.

- Defining and implementing strategy on public private partnerships;- Multistakeholder management related to the development of geo-data based digital voice and message agri-advisory services for smallholder farmers in Angola;- Senior leadership on program development and implementation;- Building relations with public and private stakeholders.

Representation of the program and management of various donor funded multistakeholderinclusive finance projects in Ethiopia:- product development related to value chain finance, geo-spatial data based agri-risk assessment and monitoring, producer groups, women groups, cooperatives, etc.;- supervision of local and international external consultants;- project management, including financial management and donor reporting;- facilitation, brokering, advice and monitoring of… Show more Representation of the program and management of various donor funded multistakeholderinclusive finance projects in Ethiopia:- product development related to value chain finance, geo-spatial data based agri-risk assessment and monitoring, producer groups, women groups, cooperatives, etc.;- supervision of local and international external consultants;- project management, including financial management and donor reporting;- facilitation, brokering, advice and monitoring of guarantees of international investors on local bank loans to microfinance institutions;- defining future strategies, fund-raising, proposal writing. Show less

Leading the transition of the Terrafina Microfinance consortium program (of ICCO Cooperation, Oikocredit and Rabobank Foundation) towards the new structure of ICCO Terrafina Microfinance as a program under ICCO Cooperation. Reporting to the consortium board on closure of the program. International representation of (ICCO) Terrafina Microfinance.

Responsibilities: Portfolio management of the rural microfinance program in West Africa (Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso), including financing of local microfinance partners and supervision of locally based program advisors and a pool of local and international consultants.

Responsibilities: organization of a monitoring system, analysis of data to provide steering information to colleagues and board, facilitation of internal learning and knowledge exchange, external communication (including the coordination of the change of brand from Terrafina Microfinance into ICCO Terrafina Microfinance), tool development such as a financial projection model, budget and content input for funding proposals, preparation of internal and external annual reports.

Responsibilities: assessment of financing requests and business plans of microfinance institutions and savings and credit cooperatives based in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal; preparing partner support projects in consultation with involved parties; monitoring and evaluation of ongoing projects; internal and external reporting.

Terrafina Microfinance used to be a joint microfinance programme of ICCO, Oikocredit International, and Rabobank Foundation. Terrafina Microfinance aimed to energise rural microfinance in Africa, through strengthening young MFIs, through cooperation with mature MFIs and banks, and by stimulating innovation, social responsibility and transparency.This was a temporary assignment to collect data of microfinance partner of Terrafina, provide feedback on their progress and make an analysis… Show more Terrafina Microfinance used to be a joint microfinance programme of ICCO, Oikocredit International, and Rabobank Foundation. Terrafina Microfinance aimed to energise rural microfinance in Africa, through strengthening young MFIs, through cooperation with mature MFIs and banks, and by stimulating innovation, social responsibility and transparency.This was a temporary assignment to collect data of microfinance partner of Terrafina, provide feedback on their progress and make an analysis of Terrafina's portfolio. Show less

MicroNed (later merged with the Netherlands Platform for Inclusive Finance) was a microfinance network of the Dutch international development organizations Cordaid, Hivos, ICCO, Oxfam Novib and Rabobank Foundation, with the aim to improve the quality of its members’ services, increase their effectiveness and efficiency, and coordinate the joint contribution of its member organisations to the microfinance sector. Responsibilities: organization of specialized training courses and… Show more MicroNed (later merged with the Netherlands Platform for Inclusive Finance) was a microfinance network of the Dutch international development organizations Cordaid, Hivos, ICCO, Oxfam Novib and Rabobank Foundation, with the aim to improve the quality of its members’ services, increase their effectiveness and efficiency, and coordinate the joint contribution of its member organisations to the microfinance sector. Responsibilities: organization of specialized training courses and conferences; internal and external communication; data management; relationship management; international representation; contribute to board meetings. Took up the role of Executive Secretary twice at times of vacancy. Show less

In this job I took care of project administration, purchasing hardware and timely renewal of customer contracts. I mainly worked together with the sales department and the implementing operations department.

For a project of the chair group Communication and Innovation studies of Wageningen University I did field work in Kenya to research the role of a rural producer organisation on the promotion of development. The fieldwork existed mainly of visiting and interviewing small scale farmers living in rural areas. To finalise the fieldwork I organised workshops in the three research areas. I have used the results of this fieldwork for my master thesis.