Kees de Ruiter

Kees de Ruiter is the current manager of programmes at Cordaid. Kees has held various positions at different companies throughout their career. These include deputy chairman at The Border Consortium, coordinator of the Democratisation & Peace programme South-East Asia at ICCO, and head of strategy and program support at ICCO. Kees has also been a field representative for Vietnam at ICCO.

Kees de Ruiter has a type IR tropical engineering degree from Wageningen University & Research.

They work with Zarir Merat - Country director Burundi, Bas JM Beek - Manager Operational Excellence, and Kinga Komorowska - Country director South Sudan. Marten Treffers - Operational manager Programmes, Fréderique van der Drumpt - Operational manager Programmes report to Kees de Ruiter. Their manager is Ylse van der Schoot, Chief Operational Officer.