Who we are

Our Mission

A next-generation non-profit that is exponentially more efficient at delivering scalable and verified sexual reproductive health impact for sub-Saharan African youth

Founded in 2014, Triggerise currently works in six sub-Saharan countries. We are rapidly expanding, creating positive impact at scale wherever we go

Lisa Simutami

(Chapel Hill, NC, USA), is the chair of our supervisory board since inception. Lisa is the COO of Ipas, and previously served as Regional Director at Population Services International.

Leslie Pascaud

(New York, NJ, USA), leads Branding for Good and has been working on innovation projects in the USA, Europe and Asia for over 20 years.

Miles Kemplay

(London, UK), is leading adolescent sexual and reproductive health work as Executive Director with Children’s Investment Fund Foundation since 2016. He has spent over a decade working for global health, development and private sector organisations.

Werner Strydom

(Amsterdam, The Netherlands), heads up the Advanced Technology & Innovation unit within the Office of the CTO at Irdeto. He has 30 years of experience in the field of cybersecurity and leads software development, technology research, and innovation teams.

Leontine Gast

(Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is the CEO of The Terrace. She works in strategy, branding and communication with retail and consumer goods organisations.

Julia Sakovska

(the Netherlands), FCCA, serves as a CFO at TCR Group (Brussels), a Private Equity backed international provider of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to ground handlers, airlines and airports. Julia has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience gained at KPMG Audit, DLL (Rabobank Group), Athlon International (innovative leasing and mobility services businesses) and Van Tilburg-Bastianen Group (one of the most prominent family-owned businesses in the mobility services industry in the Netherlands).

Phinah Kodisang

(Johannesburg, South Africa) is the CEO of Soul City Institute. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of sexual reproductive health and champions strategic and innovative development and management of programmes aimed at youth.

Benoit Renard

Director of Triggerise Stichting, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-founder

Cape Town, South Africa

Benoit co-founded Triggerise in 2014. He has a background in Marketing, having worked for nonprofit and for-profit organisations in France and Africa. He manages and oversees operations, leading the development of all the Triggerise ecosystems.