Our Team Members

As the Operation Senior Manager, Anna is in charge of driving a cost-effective business model for the SHF alongside shaping a ‘value for money’ culture. 

Her areas of expertise include extensive experience in local economic development, working with international development institutions and programme management, and the ability to improve relationships with stakeholders and the socio-economic development of host communities with specific reference to African countries.

Anna strongly believes that women and young girls are essential stakeholders for the eradication of poverty, promotion of goodness, values and human rights at large and is eager to contribute to the important work SHF is doing to improve access to sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health and hygiene.

Anna Konaté holds an Msc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from London School of Economics-LSE after a Master’s degree from HEC Rabat. 

Anton's role within the SHF Country Fund Portfolio team is to source, structure, execute and manage SHF's investments and projects locally in the target geographies.

Prior to joining SHF, Anton worked for a decade in the private sector in Europe and Africa. His most recent role was the Chief Financial Officer of Kasha - an African technology company focusing on women’s health. Prior to Kasha, he worked as an equity investor executing investments in early and growth stage companies, and corporate finance advisor, advising entrepreneurs and corporates with fundraisings, acquisitions and divestments.

Anton holds a MSc in Economics and Business Administration (finance major) from Aalto University School of Business. He firmly believes that the status quo of access to safely-managed sanitation is on an alarming level, heavily impacting gender equality as it is related to menstrual health and hygiene, and is determined to address these challenges with new innovative methods and solutions that are supported by the SHF.

Jacob has been serving the UN across the development, humanitarian and peacebuilding fields for over a decade, including UNDP, UNRWA and the UN Secretariat through its Special Political Mission in Guinea-Bissau.

Working closely with our Board, Jacob ensures that the SHF governance frameworks are robust, fully functional, and contributing towards the achievement of SHF’s mission, in compliance with our corporate policies.

As a Chevening scholar, Jacob holds a MSc in International Development from The University of Edinburgh. 

Ludivine joined the SHF team in January 2022 to support on the ED and DED office on administrative issues. 

With an educational background in travel management, Ludivine has been working for more than 20 years in the private and international sector. She joined UNOPS in July 2019 as a Travel Manager, and worked in collaboration with multiple organisations.

Before joining UNOPS, Ludivine worked for the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and OECD's travel agencies in Paris. 

Originally from France, Ludivine arrived in Geneva in 2009, and began her journey as a supervisor of the travel agencies for UNOG, WIPO, UNHCR, WMO and UNICEF for more than 10 years.

Ludivine speaks French and English. She loves art, dance and music, but really found her peace as a mother. As she brings up her daughter, she is keen to do her part in supporting the world's most vulnerable, especially women and girls, gain access to life-changing services and opportunities. 

Rucha Naware leads on communications for the SHF. Working in communications on humanitarian and development issues for more than 12 years across NGOs and the UN, Rucha is passionate about building compelling narratives to engage different audiences.

At the SHF, Rucha draws upon her experience with WWF, the UN World Food Programme and CRY - Child Rights & You to lead audience-focused media and digital efforts to mobilize awareness, action and impact on the global sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health crisis. 

Originally from India, Rucha has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Sciences Po, Paris and has lived and worked across India, France, Singapore and Belgium. 

As Finance Advisor, Sandra works closely with the Country Portfolio team to develop investment cases and partnerships, while leading on SHF’s innovative finance activities to leverage funding and scale impact.

Prior to joining SHF, Sandra was engagement manager in corporate finance/restructuring advisory at KPMG Zurich (including a client secondment at the Novartis Group M&A department). Before relocating to Switzerland in 2018, Sandra worked at PwC Vienna in strategy & operations as well as corporate finance, specialising in valuation & economics, financial due diligence and restructuring & refinancing. In addition, she advised Ashoka for the set-up of a scaling agency for social entrepreneurship (Impact Transfer). Sandra has studied in the UK, Austria and France, holding a Master’s degree in International Management from the University of Bath as well as a Bachelor’s degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.  

Sandra is passionate about creating impact through innovative finance solutions to scale social entrepreneurship and is convinced that SHF’s vision is vital for achieving the SDGs given its wider implied effect on health, education, the environment and economic development.