The team

Pieter Goudswaard

Pieter Goudswaard

Supervisory Board

John Cherek

John Cherek

Programme manager value chain innovation

John knows the value chains behind our food inside out and uses innovation to build connections where he finds them missing.

Maxine Tillij

Maxine Tillij

Supervisory Board

Sudeesh Narayanan

Sudeesh Narayanan

Technical lead

Jolande Sap

Jolande Sap

Chair Supervisory Board

Photography Edwin Weers

Marten van Gils

Marten van Gils

Tech director

Marten has been the spiritual father of all our innovations since 2016, which is why we officially named him our director of digital innovations in 2020.

Shyno MD

Shyno MD

Mobile app developer

Luiza Toledo

Luiza Toledo

Communications intern

Wiard Gorter

Wiard Gorter

Supervisory Board

Matilde Ferretti

Matilde Ferretti

Intern marketing and communicatie

Derek Hardwick

Derek Hardwick

Product owner Trace

We are particularly proud of our transparency tool Trace, and with it of the product owner Derek.

Adaku Omidosu

Adaku Omidosu

Innovation and partnership manager

Gopu Prasad

Gopu Prasad

UI/UX designer

Hans Molenaar

Hans Molenaar

Head of finance

Hans is making sure the numbers add up, as our head of finance.

Midhun P Jayan

Midhun P Jayan

Frontend architect

Mariana Broitman

Mariana Broitman

Research and communications assistant

Meet our star Mariana: she takes our communication activities to the next level, as she conducts research on the living wage and income while making the subject understandable to all..

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