MSF-Netherlands Board
Board Member Terms of Reference
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| 2024 Board Member Terms of Reference | 175.1 kB |
| 2024 Board Member Terms of Reference - Annex 1: Public Representation | 133.8 kB |
| 2024 Board Skills Matrix | 118.4 kB |
| 2024 MSF-NL President Terms of Reference.pdf | 159.1 kB |
| 2024 MSF-NL Secretary Terms of Reference | 183.3 kB |
| 2024 MSF-NL Treasurer Terms of Reference | 189.3 kB |
| 2024 MSF-NL Vice President Terms of Reference | 164.0 kB |
Your Board Members
Antoine van Sint Fiet - President - elected 2024
Antoine van Sint Fiet is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist committed to humanitarian work and global mental health advocacy.
From 2015 to 2017, he served as a Mental Health Activity Manager with MSF in India, Syria, and Turkey, where he led counseling teams, developed mental health programs for victims of war and violence, and implemented projects addressing HIV, MDR-TB, Hepatitis C, drug abuse, and gender-based violence.
Currently, Antoine leads a team at ARQ Centrum’45, treating refugees with psychotrauma. As chairman of the clinical council at ARQ, he provides strategic advice on patient care and workplace safety. He has also trained mental health professionals in Sudan and South Sudan and served on the Board of Trauma Aid Netherlands.
He is a proud father of two boys and enjoys traveling and sports.
Nestley Songco - Vice President - elected 2024
Nestley Songco is an HR professional with extensive experience in global humanitarian organisations. He joined MSF-OCA in Amsterdam in 2010, holding roles such as Emergency Desk Personnel Advisor and Operations HR Advisor. He later worked with MSF-OCP for the Tokyo cell before managing regional HR and psychosocial initiatives for the SEEAP Project under MSF-Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong. In 2023, he returned to MSF-OCA as the interim Deputy Staff Director.
Certified by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), Nestley continues to coach MSF colleagues globally. He is currently the Global Director of People and Culture at War Child Alliance in the Netherlands, overseeing HR, safeguarding, integrity, learning and development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Nestley holds an MBA from Monash Business School (Australia) and is an Agile Scrum Master. He is also working toward a postgraduate diploma from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Wout Adema - Treasurer – elected 2025
Wout Adema is the Director of Healthcare at the Dutch Association of Health Insurers (Zorgverzekeraars Nederland). A Certified Public Accountant by training, he previously worked at KPMG, served as Chief Procurement Officer at Achmea/Zilveren Kruis, and held leadership roles as CFO and CEO in Dutch hospitals.
Wout has extensive experience in governance, having served as Chair of the Audit Committee for ZOA RefugeeCare and as a Board member of Compassion, an organisation supporting child sponsorship programs. He currently serves on the Board and Audit Committee of the Salvation Army.
Co-opted as an MSF-NL Board Member in 2022, he was later appointed Treasurer.
Linda Kuipers - Secretary - elected 2024
Linda Kuipers has over 20 years of experience in communication and fundraising for humanitarian organisations. She began her career in the Netherlands as an editor-in-chief, creating impactful TV programs for charitable causes. She has since worked with organisations like UNICEF, Oxfam, and the Dutch Postcode Lottery—MSF's largest donor.
In 2019, Linda earned a post-academic degree in Philanthropy and joined MSF Netherlands, where she played a key role in advancing funding strategies and donor partnerships. In 2024, she transitioned to freelance consultancy, advising humanitarian organisations on fundraising and communication.
She also dedicates time to volunteer work, serving as a Board member for a refugee-support NGO in the Netherlands and a grant-making family foundation.
Jesse Wambugu - elected 2023
Jesse Wambugu is a business executive and public health professional with over 20 years of experience in the health sector. He has managed humanitarian projects across multiple continents, including conflict and emergency settings.
At both international and national levels, Jesse has led the development and implementation of new diagnostic tools across Sub-Saharan Africa. He joined MSF in 2003 as a Field Laboratory Scientist, with assignments in South Sudan, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the DRC. By 2008, he transitioned to Project Coordinator, serving in South Sudan and Haiti until 2010.
Jesse holds an Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Sciences, a Master’s in International Public Health, and is an International Coaching Federation-certified executive leadership coach. He is passionate about his daughters, loves the outdoors, and is an avid conservationist.
Jesse has held the position of interim-President before handing over to Antoine van Sint Fiet.
Maarten de Jong - elected 2024
Maarten de Jong is an infectious disease epidemiologist and public health specialist with extensive experience in outbreak control and operational research. He has worked with MSF and other NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana, South Sudan, Haiti, and Iraq.
In the Netherlands, Maarten has worked in medical centres specialising in stem cell transplantation, antibiotic resistance, and clinical trials. He is currently an epidemiologist at the Public Health Service Amsterdam and is pursuing a PhD on detecting infectious disease outbreaks through wastewater analysis in both high- and low-resource settings.
Maarten is passionate about music, sports, and spending time outdoors with his family.
Marianne Weijers - elected 2024
Marianne Weijers is a healthcare professional with a background in nursing and educational coordination. She is currently the Coordinator of Workplace Learning with Learning Technology at mboRijnland in Leiden and serves as a Senior Lecturer in Care & Welfare. She is also part of an innovation team developing care solutions in collaboration with industry partners.
Her educational background includes a post-graduate diploma in Community Health from Hogeschool Leiden and a BSc in Nursing from Hogeschool InHolland. As an MSF Board member, she aims to enhance the organisation’s outreach and professional image within the medical community.
Marianne lives near the sea and woods with her husband and four sons. She enjoys playing music in a local big band and loves tennis.
Rashed Mohammad Mahfuzullah - elected 2023
Rashed Mohammad Mahfuzullah is a medical doctor and public health specialist with 12 years of professional experience. He served MSF for six years in all five OCs, covering refugee crises, urban health, and planetary health. His roles included Medical Activity Manager, Deputy Project Medical Referent (PMR), and PMR. He was particularly involved in the Rohingya refugee crisis and the unique occupational and environmental health challenges in Kamrangirchar.
Rashed specialises in occupational and environmental health and has also studied disaster management, tropical medicine, and international relations. He has developed occupational health protocols and educational materials and recently completed his second Master’s degree in Global Health.
Sunita Baskar Abraham - co-opted 2023
Sunita Baskar Abraham is a medical doctor with over 15 years of experience in health and development. Since joining MSF in 2010, she has held roles including Medical Doctor, PMR, Deputy MedCo, and MedCo.
From 2014 to 2023, Sunita served on the MSF South Asia (formerly SARA) Board, including two years as Chair, representing the Regional Association at the OCA Council. Her expertise spans strategic planning, country operations management, project monitoring and evaluation, and networking. She has led hospital and health program implementations with a focus on tropical and neglected diseases.
Sunita is passionate about improving healthcare access for people in crisis.
Vincent Hoedt - elected 2025
Vincent Hoedt was elected to the MSF-Netherlands Board in June 2022 after being co-opted in April.
After studying Tropical Agriculture, he joined MSF in 1996, working for a decade as a logistician, WatSan Emergency Coordinator, and Head of Mission in DRC, Sudan, and Colombia. In 2006, he became an Emergency Manager at MSF-OCA’s Emergency Support Department (ESD), later serving as Head of ESD until 2015, opening the missions in Syria, Libya, and more, as well as leading the response to the Haiti earthquake.
After a short break, he became Deputy Director of Operations in 2016, a position he held until 2020.
Charity Kamau – elected 2025
Charity Kamau is a senior healthcare leader with extensive experience in program management, policy advocacy, and strategic leadership. She has over 15 years of international experience in healthcare systems, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field and headquarters roles. Her proven ability to drive impactful policy changes, foster multi-stakeholder collaborations, and lead high-performing teams is complemented by her passion for strengthening healthcare systems and advocating for sustainable reforms. She worked with MSF from March 2006 to July 2023 as a project coordinator in South Sudan and Nigeria, as a laboratory advisor based in Amsterdam and supporting diagnostic capacity technical across various countries. She served briefly as a co-opted board member with MSF Netherlands Board in 2022 as well as the OCA representative in the MSF We Want to Be committee. Today, she is Head of Programs at the Kenya Healthcare Federation, where she focuses on healthcare governance, health systems strengthening, private sector contribution to Universal health coverage and policy advocacy.
Laura Kant – elected 2025
Laura is a humanitarian safety and security advisor with almost a decade of experience within an extensive number of complex contexts affected by conflict and disaster. She has broader experience in project management, operations, humanitarian affairs and advocacy within the sector. Her first assignments with MSF and OCA was as a Supply and Logistics assistant from 2016 until 2018, and from 2018 until 2024, she worked on project coordination in Nigeria, India, DRC, and Kurdistan, as well as internal review and support for the Amsterdam headquarters and OCA intersectional topics. In 2018, she co-founded the MSF Green Elephant Network an OCA-based initiative that advocates for a more sustainable foundation for the organization; links operational sections or directorates, project staff and home societies to cultivate and support sustainable and 'green' initiatives; and continues the discussion on MSF’s role in the midst of humanitarian health crises. Outside of MSF, Laura is employed as a Security Officer at Red Cross (The Netherlands), and her interests include visual storytelling through documentaries and photography.