Our Team

Meet the dedicated professionals working to advance climate justice by supporting innovative climate litigation.

Portrait of Eymert van Manen

Eymert van Manen

Director & Founder

Eymert is a cultural and social entrepreneur and executive. He initiated among other things 'Theater Na de Dam' and the Youth Courts NL. In recent years, he has focused on climate justice, with involvement in Stop Ecocide NL/EcoJustice and the Nicomachos Climate Justice Fund initiative.

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Linde Wolters

Director

Linde previously served as an advisor for Klimaatzaak, a Belgian climate litigation organisation. She has worked in social innovation, green entrepreneurship, and impact investing. With expertise in strategy, advocacy, and communications, she has worked across nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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Lily Doolan Burke

Grant Manager

Lily, as grant manager, ensures the quality of our grant-making processes as well as organizing and managing the entire grant cycle. She has an educational background in law, with a focus on migration law.

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Jesse van Vollenhoven

Financial Manager

Jesse studied experimental physics in Amsterdam and earned an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore. He began his career at McKinsey & Company and has since built extensive experience in finance, sustainability and entrepreneurship. Currently developer of grid scale battery projects and co-founder of Brouwerij Poesiat & Kater, he supports Nicomachos in the area of finance and administration.

Portrait of Wicher Heldring

Wicher Heldring

IT Advisor

Wicher is a software engineer with experience leading IT teams and building complex systems. He has worked across various sectors developing technical solutions and enjoys applying his skills to support Nicomachos' climate justice work.

Historical portrait depicting Nicomachos, Aristotle's son

The Ethica Nicomachea is the Greek philosopher Aristotle's major work on ethics. Both his father and son were named Nicomachos, and tradition holds that his son played a key role in recording and preserving this foundational text.

We draw on Aristotle's legacy not only for its name, but for what it represents: a belief that justice is not just a concept, but a practice—one that requires courage and action.

In that spirit, Nichomachos supports those using the law to confront the defining ethical challenge of our time: the climate crisis.