Natalia was previously the CEO of an international business specialising in marketing, concierge services, and loyalty solutions. She has over 9 years of experience in project and team management and business development within different industries and geographies. Her main fields of expertise are leadership, innovation, marketing, customer service, and brand & product loyalty. Natalia also holds a Masters degree in Cultural Studies and Philosophy, and an Executive MBA degree from the University of St.Gallen.

Natalia believes that Maanch has the potential to become a unique solution to facilitate global impact focus and transformation, creating substantial change in the way current generations think and behave.

Geert has over 17 years of experience as a Program and Senior Project Manager, multilingual Organisational Development Consultant, certified ScrumMaster, accredited Philanthropy Coach, Transition Facilitator and founder of two businesses. Geert also holds a Master’s degree in international political sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in sociology. He completed a post-academic program in international aid and development, and a post-academic program in positive organisation development and change.

Having known Darshita for a long time, Geert has supported her vision for Maanch from its inception. He sees Maanch as the right vehicle to enable his long-standing ambition to shift the focus within philanthropy from transactional to transformational.

Cecilia has previously worked with professional wealth advisors and philanthropy sector organisations to increase knowledge and understanding of philanthropic giving and social investment in the UK and Europe. Before joining Maanch she worked as Director of Training and Development at Philanthropy Impact that works with wealth advisors, philanthropists, charities and governments to develop greater expertise, awareness, and impact in philanthropic action and social investment. Cecilia started her career in international development working at the Nordic liaison office for the World Food Programme in Copenhagen managing relationships with Swedish donors and strategic partners and before that in strategic partnerships at United Nations Association of Sweden in Stockholm.

She sees the Maanch platform as an excellent tool to bring impactful giving to a larger number of people and to raise awareness on how the SDGs can be an excellent guide to measure impact.

Larysa has extensive work experience in Marketing and Product Development having managed cross-functional product development teams and the development of online loyalty platforms for clients from the financial sector in CIS countries and Europe. She also holds two Bachelor’s degrees in International Economics and Business Management, as well as a Master’s degree in Marketing.

She is inspired and excited by Maanch’s ambition to create an ecosystem which connects Funders and Receivers to tackle global problems. She believes that by leveraging technology and Maanch’s unique data-driven solution, we will be a catalyst to achieving real-world impact.

Sianne Haldane has had a career that has spanned 15 years across the Philanthropy and Private Client space. Her background in law and psychology supports her work which brings together philanthropists, advisers and not for profits to fund transformative, strategic philanthropy. Sianne has always wanted to align her own personal output into the world with the greater good and it was this call that brought her to the charity sector, shortly after qualifying as a lawyer.  

A dual qualified lawyer in the UK and in her native South Africa, STEP qualified and with a background as a private client adviser, she was recently elected as a committee member of the STEP Global Philanthropy Advisors Special Interest Group.

She is a strong advocate and active member of sector-wide initiatives and thought leadership and is a natural "connector".  Sianne is also a Trustee of an international education charity which assists with social mobility of refugees and helping them get into tertiary education. 

It is Sianne's passion to bring the philanthropic community together, so that we can work towards achieving the UNSDG's and more equity for all that has brought Sianne to Maanch.

Mallory has almost 20 years experience in business development, relationship management and fundraising. Prior to Maanch, she was the Director of Development at one of London’s leading business schools.

Mallory is excited to be joining the passionate team at Maanch. She sees the absolute potential for Maanch to develop the philanthropy sector to ensure funders’ donations are having maximum impact and long term, effective partnerships are created in order to secure a better future for all.

Mishelle has over 10 years of experience in program design, management, and communications working with charities whose efforts are focused on creating social impact for women, minority & immigrant concerns. Mishelle holds a Masters of Art in Culture, Policy and Management and a Bachelors in Public Affairs.

Mishelle believes that Maanch has the ability to shift global giving patterns, motivating a generation of change-makers into social action across the world.

Chris has 20 years of experience as a CTO/CIO including roles as CTO American Express and Global Head of Technology Innovation at KPMG. He is also founder of a FinTech Blockchain company and Advisory board member of several successful startups across the philanthropy and Fintech communities.

Chris’s twin passions are developing disruptive and innovative technologies and using technology to make an impact in the philanthropic space. In addition to his corporate CTO roles Chris was an Ambassador for Opportunity International in Asia and VP of Technology for the International Justice Mission in the US.

Joining Maanch has given Chris the perfect way of combining his passions and helping deliver highly innovative technology solutions to enable transformational change for good.