About

Mari provides strategic direction, oversees the execution of Scope’s strategy, and leads the management and sales teams. She works closely with Scope’s partners and clients in building new social impact opportunities. Before co-founding Scope in 2008, Mari worked for 14 years on global health and rights for organisations such as the World Health Organisation and United Nations Population Fund. She holds a master’s degree in population and development from the London School of Economics, a bachelor’s degree in sociology, and is a qualified social worker. Mari serves on several advisory boards, including Ashoka and Design for Health.

Dr. Kate Ramsey leads Scope’s research practice, enhancing innovation by blending public health, data science, systems thinking, and design methods. Based in the United States, she has over 20 years of experience in planning, leading, and managing complex global health programmes. Kate specializes in maternal and newborn health, systems thinking, organizational theory, and implementation science. Previously, she worked for Management Sciences for Health and The United Nations Population Fund in North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Kate holds a doctoral degree in public health from Columbia University focused on women’s experience of disrespect in childbirth care.

Our co-founder Johanna Ahlström leads strategic growth management and partnerships at Scope Impact, identifying optimization and improvement areas within the company and managing our extensive network of more than 400 partners and clients. Based in Helsinki, she has experience in community and project management,  corporate strategy, and as a corporate lawyer in various institutions such as Krogerus, the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, the Eva Ahlström Foundation and Ashoka Nordic, among others. She holds a Master of Law from University of Helsinki, focused on Public International Law and has studied economics and business administration at Hanken School of Economics.

France Donnay, MD, FRCOG, FACOG, MPH specialises on global women’s health policies,  programs and practices. She works with Scope on social design for maternal care and cervical cancer programs.  She is Visiting Professor at Kings, and a member of several Advisory Boards. Her previous experience includes working as Senior Program Officer, Maternal Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At UNFPA, she was in charge of reproductive health technical support at Headquarters, before leading the UNFPA office in Pakistan. France has worked on safe motherhood policies at UNICEF, practiced obstetrics and gynaecology. 

Dr Sonali Abner Daniel, M.B.B.S, M.D., A.F.I.H., brings over two decades of expertise in public health, climate change, Maternal Newborn Child Health, and nutrition to her work. With a robust background in project leadership, policy advocacy, and technical assistance, she helps shape Scope’s programs to deliver impact for communities and health systems. She has effectively managed and spearheaded initiatives across India, Africa, and Southeast Asia with various stakeholders, including national governments, UN organisations, and international philanthropic foundations. 

Risto supports Scope Impact’s finance functions, ensuring smooth operations for our projects and the successful delivery of impact initiatives worldwide. Before joining Scope, Risto worked in finance and administration for various companies in Finland. He has a BSc in Business Administration and Economics from Aalto University and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Business Administration and Economics, majoring in Accounting.

Andy leads Scope’s strategic engagement and creative communications projects, contributing to insight generation, ideation, scenario building, and media outreach from Kenya. Prior to Scope, Andy worked as a brand and communications strategist in various Kenyan advertising agencies where he led multidisciplinary projects across research, design, advertising, public relations, and digital communications. During this time, he launched new brands, steered market entry efforts, and revitalised businesses through rebranding and repositioning campaigns. Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce. He is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in Kenya.

Lucía works as a Service Design Lead at Scope. Based in Spain, she specialises in discovery, design research, co-creation facilitation and service design. In our programmes. Lucia tailors bespoke tools and methods to leverage the perspectives of multiple stakeholders and engage people from different backgrounds to innovate and develop new ways of doing. With her background in industrial design and product development engineering, Lucía also brings strong analytical and synthesis skills to identify challenges and opportunities for digital products, service systems. Before joining Scope, Lucía worked for 7 years on global projects as a service and user experience designer based out of Copenhagen, where she earned her master’s degree in Design and Innovation. Her international experience spans across multiple sectors including sustainability, healthcare, pharma and education.

At Scope Impact, George, based in Kenya, leads in-country coordination and programme
delivery for climate and health initiatives, supporting partner collaboration, operational
oversight, and implementation. He brings nearly two decades of experience designing and
managing multi-country development programmes across East and Central Africa, with
expertise in health promotion, youth development, inclusive economic participation, and
institutional systems strengthening.

George has held senior programme leadership roles within donor and non-profit organisations, including at USAID Kenya and East Africa, overseeing large regional portfolios and engaging regional bodies, governments, civil society, academic institutions, and private sector partners to deliver sustainable, locally led initiatives. He holds a Master’s degree in Education, Health Promotion, and International Development from the University of London.

Mudita is a graphic designer and design researcher based in Denmark with a Masters in Design for People. While rooted in visual communication, her practice moves fluidly across roles, often sitting at the intersection of people, play, and sustainability. She uses design as a way to tell stories, spark dialogue, and create meaningful change.

A strong believer in co-creation, Mudita works closely with communities to make design more inclusive, culturally grounded, and impactful. Her projects span from healthcare systems to dialogue-based board games, each shaped by curiosity, empathy, and a deep interest in human behavior.
At her core, she views design as a tool to make sense of complex narratives and transform them into experiences that are engaging, relevant, and human.

Rose is an independent Designer with global experience in developing new services for health, finance and government. Having initially trained as a nurse, Rose turned to design as a way to achieve greater impact on a larger population. In recent years she’s worked with Fjord, the Australian Government, Asia Development Bank and with organisations seeking to build their own design capabilities. Her work is always collaborative – Rose’s view is that no one person can ever innovate as effectively as a collection of well-facilitated experts. Rose’s work ranges from planning and leading co-design with communities to lending her design skills to transforming global organisations.

Sathish is a developer at heart, focused on secure, hybrid cloud platforms for regulated domains such as medical devices and health tech. He enjoys transforming complex challenges into scalable, compliant solutions that help teams deliver faster. Outside of work, he loves traveling, dancing, teaching, and competing in Lindy Hop swing dance.

Tom Gilder is an experienced app developer with a strong track record delivering high-impact digital products. He has worked with Google on several projects developing their app framework Flutter, and has collaborated with global brands including Burger King and Taco Bell. Tom played a key role in developing Vanquis, an award-winning UK banking app, now used by millions of people. Before moving into tech, he worked for the BBC in live national and international radio.

Rishabh Singh is an operations and strategy professional with over two decades of experience spanning public health, healthcare management, social enterprises, and organisational transformation. As Chief Operating Officer at SEWA’s Centre of Excellence, he led the operational strengthening and scaling of multi-sector women-led enterprises across India through systems design, digital integration, and performance management. He previously worked on hospital operations and service excellence at Apollo Hospitals and contributes to global initiatives through the International Working Group for Health Systems Strengthening led by global healthcare professionals across 6 WHO regions.

Joseph works as a service designer at Scope. He specialises in workshop facilitation and participatory design methods to support diverse teams in co-creating sustainable product-service systems. Joseph brings expertise on creative sustainability to Scope as well as experience using participatory design to engage a wide range of stakeholders and democratise the design process. He holds a master’s degree in collaborative and industrial design.

Aniket Choudhary brings over a decade of experience in government advisory, public health, and grant management to Scope Impact. Known for his strategic approach and expertise in stakeholder engagement, he has managed USAID-supported projects and worked with leading firms like KPMG and EY. At Scope Impact, Aniket’s skills and experience are essential in driving the successful implementation of projects at the intersection of health and climate.

At Scope Impact, Vrnda supports the management of projects and development of innovative solutions at the intersection of climate and health. Currently based in India, her professional experience spans project management, stakeholder engagement, research, and strategic partnerships. Previously, she worked with initiatives supported by the World Bank, USAID, and the National Capital Region Planning Board (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India), addressing complex development challenges across India’s health and climate sectors. Vrnda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India and a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. She is deeply committed to advancing resilient and human-centered healthcare systems in the face of growing global climate risks.

DR Karan Thakur joins our team as an Advisor, bringing his deep expertise in healthcare sustainability, policy, and innovation to our mission. As Group Sustainability Lead, Vice President Public Affairs at Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest healthcare provider, Karan has led groundbreaking initiatives at the intersection of health, climate resilience and ESG. A thought leader, columnist, and podcaster, he is a recognized voice in shaping the future of sustainable healthcare. A Harvard, Manchester, IIM Bangalore and NU Delhi alumnus, Karan was also a 2022 Eisenhower Global Fellow, honored for his leadership in driving change within the health sector. His strategic insights will strengthen Scope Impact’s work in adaptive, climate resilient health system and community based solutions, ensuring more equitable and sustainable outcomes.

Mark supports visual and creative design for Scope, with a focus on projects in East Africa. Based in Kenya, he is a self-taught creative designer, with more than 15 years of experience working with local and international clients to create engaging visual elements and concepts. Before joining Scope, Mark’s multidisciplinary career included work as a graphic designer, UX/UI designer, marketing consultant, and interactive designer, with a specialisation in front-end web development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Scheaffer brings her intersectional expertise to Scope’s projects in East Africa. Based in Kenya, she has experience in advising philanthropists and international NGOs on policy, governance, and gender issues. Scheaffer uses her voice to advocate for women’s participation, leadership, and representation. She is an advisory board member at the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers, She’s The First, Center for Feminist Foreign Policy, and The She Tank. In addition, Scheaffer is an Obama Foundation Africa Fellow and was recognised by the ONE Campaign as one of their global women of 2018. She was also voted one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans by Africa Youth Awards and one of the 100 Most Influential Kenyans in 2018 by Avance Media & Jagari Designs.

Katindi Sivi-Njonjo is one of only six female futurists in Africa and the founder of LongView Consult – a socio-economic research, policy analysis, foresight strategy and training firm. Katindi has published work around youth demographics, the future of women, civil society organizations, family planning etc., mainly in the context of Kenya and Africa. Her work has contributed to the conceptualization of various policy programmes as well influenced organisational strategies. She is a doctoral candidate at Regent University studying Strategic leadership and Foresight. With Scope Katindi facilitated the #formnigani Youth Think Tanks and worked on the Kenya 2030 Futures Report.

Anyiko Owoko is East Africa’s leading entertainment publicist and founder of Anyiko Public Relations, an avant–garde PR agency. She holds a BA in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Nairobi and has over 10 years experience in the media industry. Anyiko has collaborated with Scope on #formnigani creating strategies, curating events, and tapping into her media networks to successfully create awareness on the project since 2018. She has worked on various international and Pan African projects including #CreativeNations project by the Embassy of Sweden and the Ministry of Sports and Culture, Coke Studio Africa, Empawa Africa, Effyzie Music, among others. She has won several accolades for her workmanship in the media industry.

Oluwatoyin Oyekenu is a seasoned global development professional with experience designing and implementing sustainable development strategies, as well as with project monitoring and evaluation and knowledgement management. She has extensive expertise delivering projects for DFID, USAID, and the EU across Africa, including gender-sensitive agriculture, water and sanitation, and education. In addition, She developed nutrition and gender programmes for Save the Children and created communication strategies for multiple state governments in Nigeria. Oluwatoyin holds a Master’s in Public Administration-International Development from the University of York and was a Commonwealth Professional Fellow with the University of Birmingham. As Programme Coordinator for Core Nigeria, she supports Scope’s work to help innovate primary healthcare services impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ashley is a global health consultant using data and partnership to drive policy change, with expertise in sexual and reproductive health, HIV, and humanitarian and development policy. She specialises in working at a leadership level to solve problems at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health and humanitarian assistance. Her work experience spans Africa, Asia, and the Middle East and includes programme design, fundraising, impact measurement, and mentoring staff. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. Ashley serves as a Technical Advisor for Scope’s work with the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises.

Helena is specialised in emphatic design in resource-constrained environments. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Design at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland as part of the New Global research group. She was employed as assistant professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong 2005–06 and was teaching multidisciplinary student teams in project based slum upgrading at Aalto University between 2009 and 2014. She is lecturing regularly world-wide. She has her own architecture firm, Helena Sandman Ltd and is a partner in Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects Ltd. Their work has won both national and international prestigious awards.

Gobinda is a development professional with a focus on change management practices in public sectors. His life experiences and interests led him to get into the issues of governance, public policy and development administration which can impact the lives of marginalised communities. He has been a Community Health Fellow with Public Health Resource Network, New Delhi and has worked with public health, water, sanitation and governance projects in the past with UNICEF, World Bank, UNDP, New Delhi. He is a recipient of India Africa Young Visionaries Fellowship 2014. He has a Masters degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Akshay is a Design Researcher and Strategist, and has worked in the areas of renewable energy, sanitation, water and hygiene amongst others. One of his most challenging and rewarding projects was working as a designer and interim project manager for the multi-stakeholder project on sanitation during his time at Quicksand Design Studio. He co-founded Amrutdhara, a social enterprise in the urban drinking water space. He is currently working on systems for involving grassroots workers in development planning using ICT.

Joyce is a Social and Behavioural Research Scientist at the National Institute for Medical research, Tanzania. She has worked on various health topic areas for over 16 years and has vast experience in the following: adolescents’ SRH behaviour; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment uptake; gender and sexuality; socio-cultural aspects of HIV and sexually transmitted infections; families and child outcomes; discrimination in adolescent access to SRH services; and malaria in pregnancy. She is currently a co-leader for the transactional sex working group of the STRIVE research programme consortium and a member of the Tanzanian adolescent health stakeholder’s working group.

Joey is a communications specialist who has worked in the non-profit sector for 10 years. She is an experienced writer and has developed campaigns and drafted speeches for audiences around the world. Joey has worked for several NGO’s, including as Media Officer at the British Red Cross, and as Speech Writer at the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. She is especially skilled at developing creative marketing and social media campaigns to increase social engagement with good causes. At Scope, Joey has worked on among others, Core, Care2Share, iDeliver, MIMBA and GloBelly. She holds a BA degree in Drama from Queen Mary, University of London.

Shivi’s skills and interests include leading interaction design for web-based and mobile application projects, working closely with research, visual design and development teams. She is currently working on design solutions for Mother & Child Care and Sexual & Reproductive health in India. Shivi has 5+ years of work experience in Medical Technologies for private and public settings mainly in mother and child care, oncology, cardiology and family planning. She has been a fellow for IDDS program run by MIT D Lab in July 2015. She has a Masters degree in User Experience Design from the National Institute of Design, India.

Leila supports programme delivery and stakeholder engagement. She has experience working in the development, start-up and social impact sector specifically focusing on program management and research. Leila has worked to support various projects in the SRH, GBV and education space and is passionate about creating spaces to amplify the voices and issues pertinent to young girls and women and is driven by her passion to see a world where differences doesn’t lead to discrimination. Additionally, she is also the founder of an Afro-feminist blog and of a feminist focused think space for young women. Leila holds a BSc in Actuarial Science, a postgraduate certificate in Social Innovation management, is a YALI fellow and is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Project Management.

Pratyusha specialises in applying human-centred design approaches to complex socio-behavioural challenges across health and gender. Based in Delhi, she supports Scope in delivering projects across India. Pratyusha has led and participated in several studies in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand. She has over five years of experience working in maternal, child and adolescent health, service delivery strengthening, nutrition, women’s rights, sexual and reproductive health, COVID-19, and gender transformation. Pratyusha has delivered projects for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Reckitt Benckiser, APCO International, and Project Concern International. She holds a master’s degree in design.

Mahima Lamsal has worked with national and international non-governmental organizations in Nepal and has extensive experience in group facilitation and community-based research on family planning. Previously trained in general medicine as a health assistant, Mahima works as a psychosocial counselor, focusing on organizational, individual, and family counselling. She collaborated with Scope on research tool design, data collection, facilitation, and translation for the Lab.Our Ward project in Nepal, which designed solutions to improve quality of care for women and newborns. She holds a degree from the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), Nepal and is studying Social Sciences at Tribhuvan University.

Matti supports Scope’s programmes in designing resilient built environments through climate-smart solutions. He specialises in sustainable and human-centred architecture, bringing to Scope his experience from projects ranging from urban design and reuse of buildings to health and educational environments. Matti has co-founded the You Tell Me collective, selected as Ashoka Nordic’s Finnish Changemaker of the Year 2021. He is currently completing a master’s degree in architecture.

Belinda supports our team’s research endeavours within our climate and health portfolio. As a health policy and research professional, her diverse experience includes previously serving as Research Manager at the International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA), and being program manager for the Duke University Hubert Yeargan Centre for Global Health in Kenya. She holds a Master of Public Policy and Management from Strathmore University.

Oumar is a service designer and youth engagement specialist with experience in social innovation, permaculture, and sustainability projects in Africa. He supports Scope Impact through human-centered design project management, research, insight generation, co-creation workshops, and UX research. He is the founder of Codesign Center, a start-up that provides design thinking support for young entrepreneurs and service design consultancy to NGOs and businesses in Senegal. He holds a Master degree in Africa Postcolonial study at UCAD University in Dakar.

Amruta Sulakhe is a design researcher based in Mumbai, partnering with Scope to facilitate research engagements across India. She works across B2C and B2B platforms, generating actionable insights that shape impactful digital experiences. Alongside leading UX research for enterprise products, she has driven initiatives to scale and localise solutions for the Next Billion Users (NBU) market, spanning Indic language social media platforms, intercity travel behaviours, and voice AI assistants. With a background in Computer Science, she translates complex user behaviour into informed product decisions.

Ananya is a UX researcher and service designer with a deep curiosity for people and the contexts they inhabit. Having worked across corporates and Indian startups, she has experience building and evolving research methods that respond to varied, real-world challenges.

She is especially drawn to impact-focused work with diverse and underserved communities, where research can meaningfully shape more inclusive and empathetic systems. She enjoys crafting play-based, interactive research approaches and designing new ways to spark focused, honest conversations.

Outside of structured methods, Ananya brings in influences from her everyday interests, visual doodling, improv, storytelling, and cooking, using them to make research more engaging, expressive, and human.

Mari is Scope’s co-founder and the leader of our partnership team and Social Innovation Fund. Before co-founding Scope in 2008, Mari worked for 15 years for global organisations, such as WHO South-East Asia Region, UNFPA, IPPF, AMREF, and Aurat Foundation in Pakistan, advancing women’s and children’s health and rights. Mari holds a master’s degree in population and development studies from the London School of Economics and a sociology degree from the University of Helsinki. She is also a qualified social worker. Mari serves on several advisory boards, including the Senior Advisory Group of Saving Newborn Lives and Design for Health.

Olufunke (BDS, MIHMEP) joined Scope in 2022. She is a global health policy and management expert, specialising in programme design and planning as well as implementation and evaluation focused on lower and lower-middle-income countries. Olufunke has led programmes in HIV laboratory system strengthening, public health nutrition, routine immunisation, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, cancer access, and primary healthcare strengthening. She brings to Scope’s board her expertise in complex system change and leadership in delivering services that meet the needs of underserved populations across diverse regions.