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Maroussia Klep

Maroussia founded Impact Storytelling in 2015, driven by her desire to support alternative solutions and open up new perspectives that are conducive of hope and change. Before that, she worked several years as a policy analyst at OECD (Environment directorate; circular economy & waste management) and at the EU institutions (cabinet of Commissioner for external trade; and at a public affairs agency). She started her career as a development reporter at the United Nations in New York.

Maroussia holds a Master from Sciences Po Paris in International Affairs and a diploma in documentary filmmaking from the MET Film School in Berlin. At Impact Storytelling, she works both as documentary director and producer, and helps the clients and partners in framing the story and impact strategy.

Emilie Sickinghe

A law graduate, Emilie always seeks to combine her interest for international relations with her passion for improving human relations. She started her career with an NGO in Lebanon where she gave a TedX talk on non-violence. She then joined the global campaigning platform, Avaaz, and developed her storytelling skills in parallel through ghost writing and theatre.

At Impact Storytelling, she helps our partners and clients define and implement the best projects to spread their mission and engage their audience, driven by her profound belief: “Think global, act human.”

Pauline Verhaeghe

Since graduating from the College of Europe in 2011, Pauline has been working in the field of social innovation. She first founded GoYoung, a storytelling project aimed at inspiring young people to become active citizens and gathering success stories from all over the world. Pauline then joined Ashoka, the global network of system-changing innovators, first as a communications associate then as a programme manager between Europe and Africa.

At Impact Storytelling, Pauline helps define the most effective impact strategies of each project according to its specific objectives and target audience.

Felix Vaerman

Felix studied cinema editing and continuity story telling at Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) and the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS). He worked as editor for many films and documentaries across Europe (Belgium, France, Switzerland, etc.). He is specialized in post-production and has a flair for assembling disparate ideas and images into engaging stories.

Jose Huedo

Jose studied Industrial Design Engineering and Film at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya (CECC). He worked as cinematographer and assistant director for a range of film projects and social documentaries, including in Spain, Mozambique, and other places in Europe. Jose knows every step of movie production, from the very beginning to the end: create a dossier, write scripts, schedule a shooting, coordinate the edition and the audio post-production. In Brussels, he is mostly working as cinematographer and editor.

Brieuc Debontridder

Brieuc worked several years in the Great Lakes Region, mostly in the DRC, with a focus on social and environmental impact management. Passionate about photography and audiovisual storytelling, he has produced several projects that question stereotypes and showcase initiatives centered on human and nature. He holds a MA in Media Education, Culture and Society with a specialization in Communication for Development. He also participated to the Photography & Human Rights program organized by Magnum Foundation in 2015.