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Ayani maintains high standards in its services and the people who work with us. We make this happen by recruiting the best experts in particular fields, those who have the most vigorous, positive approach and the highest potential to expand into related areas of expertise and managerial positions.

We don’t force people to live in one location; Ayani operates in a virtual manner, making use of modern communication tools. Through this approach, we are capable to mobilize a team with the brightest minds around the world—with an incredibly broad range of technical and functional experience—and bring them to bear on every assignment. Ayani works with a core team of staff, trained by our senior experts, and all projects are comprised of at least one in-house staff member. As such, when Ayani places people on assignments, our clients will find the same standards wherever they hire us, and will see how the knowledge we have gained from our other projects has been internalized. We also harness company intelligence, by creating regular interactions focused on cross learning.

Careers
Just as we are driven to expand financial frontiers to smaller businesses and lower income market segments, we harness the same impetus within our own company: we believe people should be given the opportunity to develop themselves, regardless of where and in what situations they were born. When we recruit, we look not only at candidates’ academic records, but also at what they have managed to achieve, along with their leadership capacity.

Our staff are ambitious, energetic and typically have ample field experience in a variety of settings. Ayani’s clients enjoy working with our staff.



 

 


Madeleine Klinkhamer
President and Director,
Resident Technical Advisor Unit

Eileen Miamidian
Director,
Project Management Unit

Jos van der Sterren
Director

Latin America and Eastern Europe


Clay O'Brien
Director,
Asia and the Pacific


Constantine A. Malai

Representative,
Kenya

Roland Tiaba
Representative,
Cameroon

Prahlad Mali
Resident Technical Advisor,
Zambia


Haoua Sienta
Representative,
Mali

Fernando Mercau
Representative,
Latin America


Rosemarie Jongenelen
Programme Officer,
Social Microfinance Facility

Susan Braamhaar
Controller
Coulisse BV


 
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Vonderweg 48, 7468 DC, Enter, the Netherlands. Phone: +31-623941133. E-mail:info@ayani.nl
Reduitlaan 33, Unit 2.08, 4814 DC Breda, the Netherlands. Phone:+31-76-8883019/+31-614680908. E-mail:
jvandersterren@ayani.nl
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