Dirkje Jansen is a social impact expert in international development cooperation and public health, with geographic scope in Central America, Eastern Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa. She believes in the power of the individual and its community in achieving systemic change from within.

Representing Amref Health Africa, a truly African organisation striving for lasting health change, she manages a broad portfolio of programs and partnerships which focus on improved health systems at scale, particularly those addressing the needs of women and girls in Africa. 

She has expertise in the field of e-health, health workforce development, maternal new-born and child health, and harmful traditional practices (including female genital cutting and early marriage) and addresses these issues in a multi-disciplinary perspective. She has extensive experience in ‘telling’ and ‘selling’ stories of change, partnership development and business development. 

Dirkje is currently embarking on an executive MBA at Saïd Business School, Oxford University, is co-founder of De Première (a foundation that promotes female leadership in Dutch politics) and fellow to the German Marshall Memorial Fellowship.