A small but mighty team. One mission. 



We have a small, but mighty team that is highly driven to make impact. Our organisational set-up focusses on agility, capable of conducting much of ur work in-house while seeking to leverage the strengths and knowledge of Advocates for the Future's cooperation partners.

E-mail:   Maikel.vanWissen@advocatesforthefuture.org

Tel:         +31 6 5186 7379

Maikel van Wissen

Maikel is founder and director of Advocates for the Future. He is a former partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. in Brussels and has 20+ years' experience as a lawyer in contentious matters representing clients before the European and national courts, European Commission and national regulators.

E-mail:   Tjarda.vanderVijver@advocatesforthefuture.org

Tel:         +31 6 1019 6527

Tjarda van der Vijver

Tjarda is legal director at Advocates for the Future. He is a former counsel at Allen & Overy LLP in Amsterdam and an experienced lawyer, having worked throughout his career at the intersection of government regulation and the market.

E-mail:   Hannah@advocatesforthefuture.org

Tel:          +31 6 1405 9404

Hannah Prins

Hannah is campaign coordinator at Advocates for the Future, and a renowned activist in the Netherlands. She recently published a book "Je bent jong en je wil wat toekomst" addressing the next generation of worried youngsters and calling upon the Dutch government to take more action against climate change.

E-mail:   Rebecca@advocatesforthefuture.org

Rebecca van der Weerdt

Rebecca is interim legal officer at Advocates for the Future. Prior to joining AftF she was a lawyer at Kennedy Van der Laan in their litigation team. She worked on many liability cases, including the climate case started by Greenpeace and eight inhabitants of Bonaire against the Dutch State in relation to the lack of protection offered by the State against climate change. 


Our Supervisory Board.

Femke Bartels

Femke is co-founder of Catalytic. She is a former Global Forest Director and Executive Director of Greenpeace Mexico. Femke was also Managing Partner at THNK School of Leadership, where she designed and facilitated transformational leadership programs.


Caecilia Thunnissen

Caecilia is Artistic Director of stichting Oorkaan. She is a stage director in opera, music theatre, staged concerts and dance dramaturge.





Radboud van Delft

Radboud is a senior management consultant for civil society organisations. He previously served as Organization Director at PAX for Peace. Radboud is a member of the supervisory board of SOMO. 




Sanne van Keulen

Sanne is Head of Branding & Identity at Triodos Bank group. She has been part of the management team of Greenpeace Netherlands and is an experienced campaigner.



Jaantje Kramer

Jaantje is a lawyer at Jebbink Soeteman, specialised in criminal law. She regularly defends student protestors in legal proceedings against the government.