OUR TEAM
We want to make our smart waste management knowledge available for the people and places that need it the most.
Our team has best-in-class European and local waste management and business knowledge to design the system for local circumstances. We have a pragmatic ‘localised’ project management approach to connect the right people and get the system working in local conditions.
Silvia de Vaan
Founder & CEO
Silvia believes in connecting people and ideas to solve the world's problems. In this case: solving the developing world's waste problem with local and foreign organisations.
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With 5 years experience as consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and 4 years as social entrepreneur (including business development in India and setting up a factory in Tanzania), she knows about running social businesses in a smart way.
Niels van den Hoek
Niels wants to offer Indian municipalities and communities an end-2-end waste management service. Like in Europe, but adapted to local circumstances, with the existing informal sector.
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With 10 years of experience as waste expert (certified cradle2cradle consultant) and former site - and operational manager in Europe, he can set up efficient waste management sites, logistics and processes
Email: niels@sweepsmart.org
Email: silvia@sweepsmart.org
Founder & COO
Rohith Kumar K.H.
Project Manager
Rohith wants to solve one of his country's biggest challenges: waste management. He is eager to get an opportunity to take in European knowledge and apply it in India.
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With 8 years of management, operations and engineering experience in E-waste management, he is making things happen: working with the teams on the ground to design improvement plans and and create change
Email: rohith@sweepsmart.org
Country Director India
Rob creates the best out of two worlds by making a connection between two cultures, as he has shown in South America and Asia.
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With 20+ years of experience in all areas waste management (from collection to segregation, transport and recycling), having been CEO and operational director of several European waste management companies, he has a track record not many can compete with!
Email: rob@sweepsmart.org
Rob Tholenaars
Raghunathan P.R.
Director India (part-time)
Raghu wants to help young and entrepreneurial companies like SweepSmart to be successful in his country.
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With 15+ experience in all areas of finance, accounting and legal at Deloitte and as an entrepreneur, he can structure our company, deals and partnerships and get it all done in a country that can seem like a jungle for outsiders!
You?
As passionate as we are about waste?
Want to work on these challenges in India or Indonesia?
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A brilliant idea that fits our work?
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We may not be hiring all the time, but it's always good to connect.
