Our Team

Executive

Pooven Moodley

Executive Director

Gino Cocchiaro

Head of Projects and Programmes

Laureen Manuel

Chief Finance and Operations Officer

South Africa

Sherelee Odayar

Community Environmental Legal Officer Coordinator

Jacqueline Rukanda

Senior Programme Offiicer

Delme Cupido

Hub Director: Southern Africa

Wallen Gande

Finance and Operations Officer

Amelia Heyns

Programme Manager: Standing with Communities

Sobantu Mzwakali

Senior Programme Officer: Affirming Rights

Melissa Groenink

Programme Manager: Defending Rights

Claire Martens

Senior Communications Officer

Sinoxolo Delanto

Funder Administrator

Allan Basajjasubi

Programme Officer: Defending Rights

Ivan Franklin Vaalbooi

Administrative Coordinator

Ilse Booysen

Bookkeeper

Kenya

Edward Karanja

Senior Finance and Operations Officer: East Africa Hub

Nyaguthii Chege

Director: East Africa Hub

Winnie Changwony

Research Officer

Maryama Farah

Senior Programme Manager

Mark Odaga

Senior Programme Manager

Abiud Onyach

Communications Officer: Kenya

Eva Maria Anyango Okoth

Senior Programme Officer: Kenya

Saidi Salim

Senior Community Environmental Legal Officer

Rose Birgen

Senior Programme Manager

Justus Kithi Tsofa

Senior Community Environmental Legal Officer

Madagascar

Stefana Raharijaona

Programme Officer: Madagascar

Jazzy Rasolojaona

Programme Manager: Affirming Rights

Senegal

Sadou Ba

Community Environmental Legal Officer: Senegal

Papa Thierno Ndoye

Community Environmental Legal Officer: Senegal

Sokhna Dié Ka

Programme Manager

Mamadou Lamine Diagne

Project Officer: Senegal

Gorgui Ka

Community Environmental Legal Officer: Senegal

Thaddée Adiouma SECK

Legal Fellow

Barbara Lassen

Director: Francophone Hub

Guinea

Saa Pascal Tenguiano

Programme Manager

Golota Raphael Lamah

Programme Manager: Extractives and Infrastructure

Zimbabwe

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Fellows and Consultants

Dale Pascal

Legal Fellow: Kenya

John Lucas

Communications Fellow: Kenya

Mamoudou Condé

Legal Fellow: Guinea

Shannon Marcoux

International Fellow: Southern Africa

Lesley Isaro

International Fellow: Southern Africa

Mohamed Cissé

Legal Consultant: Guinée

Harry Jonas

Advisor: Conservation and Customary Use

Our Board

Makoma Lekalakala

Board Member

Njoki Njoroge Njehû

Board Member

Lucy Mulenkei

Board Member

Pooven Moodley

Executive Director

Eileen de Ravin

Deputy Chair

Hadley Becha

Board Member

Loretta Feris

Chair

Laureen Manuel

Chief Finance and Operations Officer