Emergi operates according to these core principles:
We tackle problems with courage and curiosity to create solutions that can have a positive societal and environmental impact in the communities that we work in.
We want to make a clean break from polluting practices that are harmful for the environment. We aim to make and use products and services that are conscious of our depleting natural resources.
We listen to everyone who works for us, with us and is affected by the products and services that we create, by including them in our design and policy decisions.
The team behind Emergi is a core group of very experienced and enthusiastic individuals. The founder and CEO of Emergi is Richard van Hoolwerff, with his experience in entrepreneurship development in developing countries, who combined his entrepreneurial spirit with his love for renewable energy.
Eline Terneusen, our head of acquisition and fundraising has broad experience in SME development in Sub-Saharan Africa and value chain development. Selina Abraham supports Emergi by her creative designs as a Graphic Designer and developing user-friendly solutions for digital tools & services as a UX-Designer. Shravan Shah offers Emergi his broad expertise and passion for data and helps Emergi make sense of GIS-data and information gathered through our services. Jeroen Thunnissen is part of our business development team and will be taking an intermediary role between the international and local office. In Liberia, we are also supported by our head of operations Elvis Thomas based in our office in Monrovia.
