Katrien joined the Mukwege Foundation in 2019, and is responsible for strategic leadership and operational management of our team, and developing a strategic network of donor and partners. She has extensive experience in humanitarian aid and advocacy gained during more than two decades of work for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic Congo, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Iraq, Colombia and Haiti. She also served as Delegate Director for MSF Holland, and as interim-head of the department of International Humanitarian Law of the Netherlands Red Cross.

Dominique joined the Mukwege Foundation team in 2019 as a senior programme manager, responsible for the development of the holistic care international programmes. She worked at Panzi Hospital and Foundation in the DRC between 2011 and 2015 before joining the UN peacekeeping mission as a Women Protection Advisor, then UNICEF as a Child Protection Specialist. While with the UN, Dominique specialised in coordinating multi-sectoral assistance for sexual violence survivors, sexual exploitation and abuse cases and gender sensitive care for child ex-combatants. She is particularly interested in militarisation, civilian protection, post-conflict rebuilding and advocating for justice for victims of conflict related sexual violence.

Debby joined the Mukwege Foundation in 2017 and is based in The Netherlands, with a two-year interim period (2022/2023) when she was based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, deployed as General Director of the Panzi Foundation to lead their organisational change process.

As a member of the Management Team, she is responsible for organisational effectiveness by providing leadership for the organisation’s financial, human resource and office management functions, overseeing daily operations and ensuring that organisational resources are used in compliance with ethical standards, donor requirements and in the most cost-effective manner.

Debby has over 25 years of experience in financial management, programme management and fundraising in the non-profit sector. She specialises in compliance with eligibility requirements from a wide variety of donors and has a successful track record in NGO organisational development.