International Director

Marinke van Riet

Marinke van Riet is PWYP’s International Director. Marinke joined PWYP in August 2011 and previously worked at Marie Stopes International where she was Regional Advisor/Country Director in Waiting for the past 2 years. Prior to that, she spent 4 years as the CEO of the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, a global policy advocacy network of 30 national networks and 4000 individual members in the private, public and NGO sectors advocating for pro-poor transport sector policies. With over 10 years management experience and an MA in African Studies from the University of Leiden, Marinke has lived, studied and worked in a number of Anglophone and Francophone African countries. A native Dutch speaker, Marinke is fluent in English and also speaks French and Swahili.

You can contact Marinke on email or on +44 20 7031 0204