SPEAKERS

Mr. Pim Kraan is the CEO of Save the Children Netherlands since September 1st 2014 and is the CEO sponsor for the Global humanitarian work of the Save the Children. He is a member of the Save the Children International Management Committee and bears specific responsibilities for guiding the humanitarian team and Save the Children Europe. He is founding father of the Dutch Relief Alliance; a unique collaboration between 14 Dutch based International NGO’s, providing dignified aid to communities in 13 countries, funded by the MFA with around €500 mln over the past 9 years.

Mr. Kraan started in the humanitarian sector in the nineties as a member of the Docters Without Borders (MSF) Emergency Team. He led missions in countries such as Rwanda, Liberia, Bangladesh, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Angola, Mexico and Azerbaijan. After MSF Mr. Kraan worked for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 19 years; he was the Deputy Head of the Humanitarian Aid division and personally led the response to the flooding in Mozambique in 2000 and after the Asian tsunami of 2004.