ICLEI Africa staff
ICLEI has more than 260 staff in 22 offices around the world, offering expertise that positions local and regional governments to advance sustainable urban development along our five pathways.
Our multidisciplinary team is divided into 5 teams, which include technical and support staff. However, since the urban challenges we face today are often complex, we work across workstreams to ensure we offer cities integrated solutions.
ICLEI AFRICA TEAM

Kobie Brand

Ingrid Coetzee

Dr Meggan Spires

Michelle Preen

Paul Currie

Stephanie Babef

Dr Ernita Flynn

Dr Kate Strachan

Thea Buckle

Carine Lehtem Buma

Claudia Schroder

Dania Petrik

Faghmieda King

Jarita Kassen

Jokudu Guya

Kevin Mutia

Lauren Arendse

Meagen Swain

Mellissa Moses

Mthobisi Wanda

Nelson de Lamare

Nikara Mahadeo

Sonya Smith

Tarryn Quayle

Ryan Fisher

Vanessa Tshite

Widaad Pienaar

Dorah Zatu

Ruby Schalit

Ayanda Mthethwa

Marina Reyskens Lutz

Nicola Rule

Ryan Roberts

Labeeqah Van Haaght

Stefania Romano

Dr. Azizat Gbadegesin

Sinethemba Mthethwa

Lucy Lavirotte

Meembo Changula

Fru Wanka

Sayuri Chetty

Jade Sullivan

Kweku Koranteng

Bongiwe Simka

Garth Malan

Funmi Adeniyi

Zakiyya Atkins

Erin Hill

Ivan Pauw

Dr Willemien Calitz

Ayman Aribou

Ursula Wellmann
Urban Systems
ICLEI Africa’s Urban Systems workstream focuses primarily on the systems that manage and influence the consumption of resources in African cities. By focusing on systems, cities can identify strategic areas of intervention that facilitate more sustainable urban living and unlock broader ecological and social benefits. The workstream’s themes include resource-efficient service provision, resource flows and circular development, ecomobility, visioning sustainable future cities, procurement, finance, capacity building and governance.

Paul Currie

Jokudu Guya

Kevin Mutia

Lauren Arendse

Thea Buckle

Ruby Schalit

Sinethemba Mthethwa

Meembo Changula

Fru Wanka

Garth Malan

Funmi Adeniyi

Zakiyya Atkins
The Climate Change, Energy and Resilience workstream tackles issues of relevance to African cities, including low emission development, climate change adaptation, access to finance and energy, resilience, and disaster risk reduction. The team consists of a diverse set of individuals with backgrounds in energy, economics, environmental science, engineering and planning. Our goal is to co-develop sustainability solutions with our cities, with the aim of enhancing urban resilience on the continent.
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY AND RESILIENCE

Dr Meggan Spires

Dr Kate Strachan

Carine Lehtem Buma

Dania Petrik

Meagen Swain

Nelson de Lamare

Tarryn Quayle

Vanessa Tshite

Claudia Schroder

Jarita Kassen

Ayanda Mthethwa

Nicola Rule

Ryan Roberts

Dr. Azizat Gbadegesin

Lucy Lavirotte

Sayuri Chetty

Kweku Koranteng

Ayman Aribou
BIODIVERSITY AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
This workstream helps cities and urban communities work with nature to design their cities to improve urban health, resilience and well-being. We do this by assisting local governments to adopt green-blue infrastructure solutions, interpret global biodiversity and sustainability targets, and find innovative ways of mainstreaming nature-based solutions. We support local leaders to apply sustainable governance practices and advocate multilevel governance in the negotiation and implementation of the UN Conventions.

Ingrid Coetzee

Dr Ernita Flynn

Mthobisi Wanda

Nikara Mahadeo

Ryan Fisher

Stefania Romano

Bongiwe Simka

Thea Buckle

Jade Sullivan

Erin Hill

Dr Willemien Calitz

Ursula Wellmann
ICLEI Africa’s multi-skilled communications and knowledge management team has extensive experience in the fields of communications, knowledge management and research related to urban sustainability and environmental issues, working at local and subnational government levels. We work closely with the technical workstreams to design effective communications and knowledge management strategies, deliver impactful communications campaigns, resources and events, as well as support with various research needs. We support our members in Africa by profiling their sustainable urban development work.
COMMUNICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Michelle Preen

Thea Buckle

Claudia Schroder

Widaad Pienaar

Jarita Kassen

Ruby Schalit

Ayanda Mthethwa

Dr Willemien Calitz
CITY DIPLOMACY AND MEMBERSHIPS
ICLEI Africa is committed to building and serving the ICLEI network in Africa, working with the Communications and Technical teams to provide a range of services to members. While being a unique commitment to sustainable development, ICLEI membership also grants subnational authorities democratic powers to govern the organisation internationally. We therefore support the ICLEI Africa Committee and its Mayors, both across our continent and globally. We give support and services to our members and network cities, in order to build the ICLEI brand as the leading global sustainability network for subnational governments.

Kobie Brand

Marina Reyskens Lutz

Faghmieda King

Nelson de Lamare

Ayman Aribou
ICLEI Africa’s dedicated and experienced finance and admin team ensures efficient financial and administration systems and procedures are established and maintained to facilitate the smooth running of the organisation and support our work across the continent.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Stephanie Babef

Faghmieda King

Mellissa Moses

Sonya Smith

Dorah Zatu
