Meet our team
Leadership Team
Joann de Zegher
Founder & CEO
Passionate about improving the operations and transparency of informal systems across the world, Joann combines her expertise in operations management and over 10 years of field work in informal systems to help build everything that PemPem is.
Jean-Karim Metwalli
Co-founder &
Chief Technology Officer
JK is a leader and focalizer of technical teams that build and scale cloud applications, mobile apps, and client software. He is deeply passionate about thinking through products from the user’s perspective. With over 20 years of experience and a good sense for business, he bridges the gap between business and technology.
Jennifer McDonald
Chief Operating Officer (fractional)
Jennifer brings over 25 years of experience leading strategy, product, and operations for global organizations and startups. She has led development of mobile financial products reaching 2m people in markets from Colombia to Nigeria. She believes in technology for impact, and is passionate about building inclusive products and teams.
Engineering & Data Science Team
José Rose
Senior Software Engineer
Kamal Azougagh
Senior Software Developer
Kemas Antonius
Senior Product Manager
James McCullough
QA Manager
Vinicius Neves Motta
Data Scientist
Raphaël Brière
Software Developer
Quy Hao Alexandre Dam
Software Developer
Tristan Garaud
Software Developer
Garda Logawa
Software Developer
Operations & BizDev team
Simon Sutrado
Field Coordinator
Joko Prestiwo
Field Vice Coordinator
Praswistiadi Syarief Syamsuri
Director Government Affairs
Safri Juliyanda Hasibuan
Vice Coordinator Pelalawan
Assodiqi Hidayatullah
Vice Coordinator Kampar
Rezki Harahap
Vice Coordinator Indragiri Hulu
Advisory Team
Louis-Martin Rousseau
VP, Technology Partnerships
Godwin Limberg
Founding Advisor
Gary Paoli
Founding Advisor
Belinda Morris
Advisor