Our Team
Senior expertise, local roots
90+
years of senior
leadership
leadership
30+
countries
worked
worked
$1B+
in donor funding
managed
managed
Senior Leadership
Senior global development executives with decades of leadership, including with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Global Fund.
Francophone West Africa Specialists
Deeply rooted in Senegal’s government dynamics, donor coordination, and cultural context, we act as a trusted bridge between global funders and impact-driven local partners across Francophone West Africa.
Team Expertise Spans
Michael Satin
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Michael is a senior international development leader, trained as an agricultural economist and conservation biologist. With 30+ years of experience across more than 25 countries, he has partnered with governments, private enterprise, and local communities. His career includes work with refugees in post-genocide Great Lakes Africa, climate change and clean energy transitions at USAID, and leading its Office of Private Sector Engagement. At Yokkuté, he sets strategic direction, drawing on economic foresight and executive judgment to help clients navigate policy, markets, and lasting impact.
Marietou Satin
Chief Executive Advisor & Co-Founder
Marietou is a global health and international development executive with nearly three decades of leadership across Africa and Asia, including senior roles with USAID, where she advanced maternal and child health strategies, coordinated Ebola response operations in Guinea and Sierra Leone, and pioneered development impact bonds in India. At Yokkuté, she advises governments, NGOs, and private sector partners on health systems strengthening, locally-led development, and strategic partnerships across West Africa.
Mark Poubelle
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Mark is an international development expert with 20+ years of experience spanning operations management, public health program delivery, financial oversight, and procurement with NGOs and the U.S. Government across Africa and Asia, including over eleven years with Population Services International (PSI). Uniquely combining field-level depth with headquarters-level systems expertise, he oversees Yokkuté's operations, bringing a rare end-to-end command of what it takes to make development programs succeed from design through delivery.
Ami Poubelle
Chief Partnerships Officer & Co-Founder
Aminatou is an international development and strategic engagement professional with more than 18 years of experience in entrepreneurship, humanitarian operations, food security, education, and community-driven initiatives across West Africa, including coordination roles with WFP and UNICEF. Her collaborative leadership, cultural fluency, and deep networks across Francophone Africa are focused on one goal: driving sustainable, inclusive impact across communities and institutions throughout West Africa.