

About Synarchy
A foundation for collaborative impact
Synarchy is a Holland-based foundation built around a simple belief: meaningful change happens when people with different strengths are able to find one another, think together, and build something that lasts.
What began as a shared experiment in generosity has grown into a collaborative foundation for social innovation. From the start, Synarchy was never meant to be just one founder’s practice or one fixed type of service. It was created as a structure that could hold multiple visions at once: inclusion, education, mental health, collaboration, research, practical support, and the many forms of impact that emerge when those worlds are allowed to meet.
At the heart of Synarchy is the idea of the multiplier. We do not only look at what helps in one moment, for one person, or in one project. We look for what can be strengthened, shared, adapted and carried forward. Sometimes that becomes a workshop. Sometimes a research route, a toolkit, a learning format, a collaboration model, a platform idea, or a new initiative that would not have come into being otherwise. The aim is not simply to do good work, but to help good work travel.
That is also why Synarchy is built as a foundation. It gives us a public-benefit structure through which people, initiatives and organisations can connect around shared purpose. Some come to us with lived experience. Some with research expertise. Some with educational skill, strategic thinking, facilitation, coaching, governance knowledge or technical insight. Synarchy’s role is to help those strengths meet in ways that create real value for others.
Today, that value takes shape through a growing mix of collaborative initiatives, partner-led services and practical routes for organisations. Some focus on neuroinclusion and belonging. Some on human-centred AI, judgement and decision-making. Others centre on learning design, research, or educational development. What links them is not a single topic, but a shared way of working: collaborative, inclusive, thoughtful and designed to create more than a one-off result.
Alongside this work, Synarchy is also building something larger over time: a wider collective of experts, social entrepreneurs, educators, researchers and practitioners who can exchange time, knowledge and support in ways that strengthen each other’s impact. We call this growing network the Syniverse. It reflects a long-term ambition that sits behind the current website and projects alike: to make collaboration more accessible, more generous, and more structurally useful.
In that sense, Synarchy is both practical and aspirational. It helps people start real projects, shape useful services and develop stronger routes forward. But it also stands for something bigger: a world in which inclusion, reciprocity and shared expertise are not side notes, but the basis on which better systems are built.
The foundation at a glance
Official name
Stichting Synarchy
Registered seat
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Purpose
Social innovation and collaboration through knowledge sharing, network development, digital tools and educational support.
RSIN
868383065
KvK number
98164473
Remuneration
Board and supervisory roles are unpaid; reasonable expenses may be reimbursed.
Legal form
Dutch foundation / stichting
Founded
29 August 2025
Contact
Governance
Board
Responsible for the foundation's policy, operations and financial monogement.

Michel Le Roux
Chair
Builds bridges and connects people, creating human impact through inspiration and initiative.

Irina Stoyanova
Secretary
Founder of Cheeseball Consulting. Brings expertise in instructional design, higher education strategy, learning development, sustainability and policy-oriented programme design.

Lesley Wenting
Treasurer
Recruitment and HR professional. Supports the foundation’s operational grounding, people perspective and organisational continuity.
Supervisory board
Provides independent oversight and strategic guidance.

Laetitia Arrighi de Casanova
B Lab Portugal
Advises on B Corp governance, sustainability, impact standards and responsible organisational development.

Michael Boud
The Referral Specialist
Advises on referral strategy, ambassadorship, relationship-driven growth and organisational benchmarking.
Synarchy Initiative

reCourse
Education positioning initiative
Supports higher education teams with student recruitment, retention, programme positioning and clearer routes from strategy to action.
Core partners
Responsible for the foundation's policy, operations and financial monogement.

Dimitri Le Roux
Shapes strategies, positioning, digital infrastructure and project concepts into clear routes that help collaborative work move forward.

Fatiha Ait Ali
Translates AI governance, ISO standards and regulatory expectations into practical structures that organisations can actually use.

Parker Woodroof
Helps leaders clarify what they are building, why it matters and how AI can support human-centred organisational change.

Rachel Woodroof
Strengthens emotional intelligence, psychological safety and leadership communication so teams can work with more trust and clarity.
Advisory network
External advisers who contribute knowledge and perspective across Synarchy’s wider field of work.
Dimitri Le Roux
Founder and operational supporter
Nathalie MacCarthy
Stéphane Estival
Executive coach and peer advisory specialist
Business innovation and higher education specialist
Lisette van Alten
Media, communications and organisational leadership adviser
Perrine Guisolphe
Brand marketing strategist, food and health
Nathalie Schwarz
Non-executive leadership, media and digital strategy adviser
Adis Sophie Frémont
Leadership, career transition and life-design facilitator
Esra Uzun Mason
Career development, AI disruption and professional transition adviser
Daniel Pires
Cultural intervention and community space adviser
Marianne Baillot
Hospitality, experience design and responsible business adviser
Frank Angles
Creative and cultural entrepreneurship adviser
External advisers who contribute knowledge and perspective across Synarchy’s wider field of work.
Advisory network
Christine Cambazard
Dimitri Le Roux
Rahel Boon-Dejene
Operational strategy, digital infrastructure and collaborative project development
Brigitte Baladié
Global account leadership, international business development and strategic sales adviser
Founder and operational supporter
Senior adviser, education and cross-cultural development
Nathalie MacCarthy
Executive coach and peer advisory specialist
Business innovation and higher education specialist
Lisette van Alten
Adis Sophie Frémont
Leadership, career transition and life-design facilitator
Esra Uzun Mason
Career development, AI disruption and professional transition adviser
Daniel Pires
Cultural intervention and community space adviser
Marianne Baillot
Hospitality, experience design and responsible business adviser
Frank Angles
Creative and cultural entrepreneurship adviser
Advisory network
External advisers who contribute knowledge and perspective across Synarchy’s wider field of work.
Dimitri Le Roux
Founder and operational supporter
Nathalie MacCarthy
Executive coach and peer advisory specialist
Business innovation and higher education specialist
Adis Sophie Frémont
Leadership, career transition and life-design facilitator
Lisette van Alten
Esra Uzun Mason
Career development, AI disruption and professional transition adviser
Daniel Pires
Cultural intervention and community space adviser
Hospitality, experience design and responsible business adviser
Marianne Baillot
Frank Angles
Creative and cultural entrepreneurship adviser
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Board of directors
Supervisory board
Advisory board
Operations
Michel Le Roux
Irina Stoyanova
Lesley Wenting
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Dimitri Le Roux




